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Underhill is a large and imposing detached house, located at 99 Kells Lane in the Low Fell district of Gateshead, [1] north-east England, United Kingdom. Built primarily from sandstone in Victorian architectural style, it was the home of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan from 1869 – 1883 , and is the first domestic property in the world to be ...
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor.He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan: Underhill, Kells Lane, Low Fell. [26] 2005 Swan was a chemist and physicist who invented the incandescent light bulb, demonstrating this to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1880. His home at Kells Lane, where his blue plaque is now appended, was the first in the world lit by electric light.
Sir Joseph Swan lived at Underhill, Low Fell, Gateshead from 1869 to 1883, where his experiments led to the invention of the electric light bulb. The house was the first in the world to be wired for domestic electric light. In 1889 one of the largest employers (Hawks, Crawshay and Sons) closed down and unemployment has since been a burden.
It was lit by Joseph Swan's incandescent lamp on 3 February 1879. [38] [39] Comparison of Edison, Maxim, and Swan bulbs, 1885 Edison carbon filament lamps, early 1880s Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp in 1878.
Twilight fans are flocking to a home that was featured in the popular film series.. The Twilight Swan House, located in St. Helens, Ore., is now an Airbnb that fans can stay at.Owners Amber and ...
The façade of the building uses Portland stone features and classical detailing as well as a plaque commemorating local developer of the incandescent light bulb, Joseph Swan. [2] The internal structure of the building used a steel frame and the doorcase was granite and Frosterley Marble. [3] A dome was at the top of the building. [3]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to lead the horror feature “Pendulum,” written and directed by “Black Swan” scribe Mark Heyman. The film will be produced by Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan ...