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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.
The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
Sigil of Penemue. Penemue (deriv. from Heb.פְּנִימִי, penimi — "the inside") is a watcher in Enochian lore. [1] He is a curer of stupidity in man, mentioned in Bereshith Rabba. [1]
A 230-volt incandescent light bulb with a medium-sized E27 (Edison 27 mm) male screw base. The filament is visible as the mostly horizontal line between the vertical supply wires.
Illustration of the Argand lamp, which appears in Les meirvelles de la science, published in 1867 by Louis Figuier. Francois-Pierre-Amédée Argand was born in Geneva, Republic of Geneva, the ninth of ten children.
Ouyang Xiu (Chinese: 歐陽脩; pinyin: Ōuyáng Xiū; Wade–Giles: Ou-Yang Hsiu; 1007 – 1072 CE), [1] courtesy name Yongshu, also known by his art names Zuiweng (醉翁) and Liu Yi Jushi (六一居士), was a Chinese historian, calligrapher, epigrapher, essayist, poet, and politician of the Song dynasty.
LAMP (software bundle) (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) Library Access to Music Project, a free music library for MIT students; Localized Aviation MOS Program (LAMP), a model output statistics system used in weather prediction
Group of ancient lamps (Hellenistic and Roman) Simple contemporary Indian clay oil lamp during Diwali Antique bronze oil lamp with the "Chi Rho", a Christian symbol (replica) Sukunda oil lamp of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Oil lamp of Korea Modern oil lamp of Germany with flat wick