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Definition of sir joseph wilson swan in English English dictionary
- born Oct. 31, 1828, Sunderland, Durham, Eng. died May 27, 1914, Warlingham, Surrey English physicist and chemist. By 1871 he had invented the dry photographic plate, an important improvement in photography. He had already produced an early electric lightbulb (1860), and in 1880, independently of Thomas Alva Edison, he produced a carbon-filament incandescent electric lamp. He also patented a process for squeezing nitrocellulose through holes to form fibres, a process that became widely employed in the textile industry
- Sir Joseph Swan
- born Oct. 31, 1828, Sunderland, Durham, Eng. died May 27, 1914, Warlingham, Surrey English physicist and chemist. By 1871 he had invented the dry photographic plate, an important improvement in photography. He had already produced an early electric lightbulb (1860), and in 1880, independently of Thomas Alva Edison, he produced a carbon-filament incandescent electric lamp. He also patented a process for squeezing nitrocellulose through holes to form fibres, a process that became widely employed in the textile industry
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sir Jo·seph Wil·son SwanTurkish pronunciation
sır cōsıf wîlsın swônPronunciation
/ˈsər ˈʤōsəf ˈwəlsən ˈswôn/ /ˈsɜr ˈʤoʊsəf ˈwɪlsən ˈswɔːn/
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