Joseph Swan (English Wikipedia)

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British Association for the Advancement of Science, Notices and Abstracts of Miscellaneous Communications to the Sections (1863). "On a Mercurial Air-Pump by J. W. Swan.". Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. London: John Murray. pp. 26. OCLC 1052544488.
Thompson, Silvanus P. (1888). The development of the mercurial air-pump. London: E. & F.N. Spon. pp. 19.
Walker, Thomas A (1888). The Severn Tunnel Its Construction and Difficulties. London: Richard Bentley and Son. p. 73.
Swan. J.W. Swan's electric light Transactions, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 30, 1881, 149–159
Swan, J.W. On an electric safety lamp, with portable secondary battery Transactions, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 31 1881-2, 117–9
Swan, J.W. On an improved electric safety lamp for miners Transactions, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 36 1886-7, 3–11
Discussion on electric lamps Transactions, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 36 1886-7 55 – 59

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"Joseph Swan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 May 2025.

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Annonymous (29 June 2025). "Mawson, Swan, and Morgan". British Museum. Retrieved 29 June 2025.

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"Marriages". Newcastle Journal. 12 August 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Deaths". Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury. 11 January 1868. p. 8. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Marriages". Newcastle Courant. 13 October 1871. p. 8. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"The Late Sir Joseph W. Swan". Newcastle Journal. 1 June 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Davidson, Michael W., and The Florida State University. "Molecular Expressions. Science, optics and you. Pioneers in optics. Joseph Swan (1828–1914)." Last modification 26 February 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2009

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"Death Of Sir Joseph Swan". The Times. No. 40535. 28 May 1914. p. 12. Gale CS202441404. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
"Obituary. Sir Kenneth Swan. Authority on Patents Law". The Times. No. 58913. 20 October 1973. p. 18. Gale CS322140495. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
"Funerals. Sir J. W. Swan". The Times. No. 40538. 1 June 1914. p. 11. Gale CS185402049. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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Description of lightbulb experiment in The Times, 29 December 1881

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Glover, Andrew (8 February 2011). "Alexander Armstrong in appeal to save Lit and Phil". The Journal. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011. The society's lecture theatre was the first public room to be lit by electric light, during a lecture by Sir Joseph Swan on October 20, 1880.

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Plumley, Jon. "Joseph Swan: Biography". www.kstc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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"Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson: certificate of election to the Royal Society". Royal Society Archives. Royal Society. 1894. EC/1894/20. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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"Pharmacy — the mother of invention? — Sir Joseph Swan (1828–1914)". RPSGB.org.uk. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2010. Swan made groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of electric lighting and photography. He had already received the Legion of Honour when he visited an international exhibition in Paris in 1881. The exhibition included exhibits of his inventions, and the city was lit with electric light, thanks to Swan's invention.

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"Lighting A Revolution: Joseph W. Swan". americanhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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"Tale of tragedy behind the triumphs of Joseph Swan". The Journal. 11 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

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"Death Of Sir Joseph Swan". The Times. No. 40535. 28 May 1914. p. 12. Gale CS202441404. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
"Obituary. Sir Kenneth Swan. Authority on Patents Law". The Times. No. 58913. 20 October 1973. p. 18. Gale CS322140495. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
"Funerals. Sir J. W. Swan". The Times. No. 40538. 1 June 1914. p. 11. Gale CS185402049. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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"Joseph Wilson Swan". Timmonetk. Retrieved 21 July 2010.

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"Pharmacy — the mother of invention? — Sir Joseph Swan (1828–1914)". RPSGB.org.uk. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2010. Swan made groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of electric lighting and photography. He had already received the Legion of Honour when he visited an international exhibition in Paris in 1881. The exhibition included exhibits of his inventions, and the city was lit with electric light, thanks to Swan's invention.
Plumley, Jon. "Joseph Swan: Biography". www.kstc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
"Tale of tragedy behind the triumphs of Joseph Swan". The Journal. 11 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Glover, Andrew (8 February 2011). "Alexander Armstrong in appeal to save Lit and Phil". The Journal. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011. The society's lecture theatre was the first public room to be lit by electric light, during a lecture by Sir Joseph Swan on October 20, 1880.
"Ideafinder.com, Light Bulb History, accessed 17 July 2012". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
"Richard D'Oyly Carte" Archived 13 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, at the Lyric Opera San Diego website, June 2009
Incandescent Lamps, History of the Incandescent Light (1802 — today), EdisonTechCenter.org Archived 14 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
Hassall, Rachel. "Christopher Morcom (1911–1930)". The Old Shirburnian Society. Archived from the original on 11 April 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.

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Kenneth E. Hendrickson III, ed. (2014). The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History. Vol. 3. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 564. ISBN 978-0810888876. OCLC 869343342.
Shaw, Wm. A. (1971). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors. Vol. 2. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 419. OCLC 247620448.
British Association for the Advancement of Science, Notices and Abstracts of Miscellaneous Communications to the Sections (1863). "On a Mercurial Air-Pump by J. W. Swan.". Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. London: John Murray. pp. 26. OCLC 1052544488.
Gooday, Graeme (2008). Domesticating electricity: technology, uncertainty and gender, 1880–1914. Pickering & Chatto. p. 107. ISBN 978-1851969753. OCLC 222542339. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
Jones, A. V.; Tarkenter, R. P. (1993). Electrical technology in mining: the dawn of a new age. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd. ISBN 978-0863411991. OCLC 28220773.
Shaw, Wm. A. (1971). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors. Vol. 2. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 419. OCLC 247620448.

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