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View full screenModel of carbon filament incandescent electric lamp, earliest successful form, made by Sir Joseph Swan and exhibited in Newcastle in 1878, model made by Fred Topham (employee), late 19th - early 20th century
T.1930.68
Electric lamp, incandescent, Swan / model
Topham, Charles Fred, c. 1860 - 1935, Maker
England, Northern Europe
Late 19th - early 20th century
Carbon filament
Inventor: Swan, Joseph Wilson, Sir, 1828 - 1914
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, Northern Europe
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