Ediswan, The Lamp
HE first practical electric lamp was made by a British physicist, Professor Joseph Swan, in 1876. His invention was acclaimed with much enthusiasm, but 20 years later gas was still in general use for illumination. Swan’s lamp was a good one, but he nrovided no effective wav of bringing electric power
to it. This was done by Thomas Edison, who was, by the way, recently placed first in a popular vote on the query: Who was America’s greatest scientist? Hearing about Swan’s lamp he engaged 100 helpers and in a few years developed an incandescent lamp of his own. This was no better than Swan's. Edison's great contribution was to provide central power-generating
stations connected by wires for the supply of electrical energy to buildings, factories and houses. This not only made electric lighting available and desirable, but paved the way for the general use of other electrical devices-toasters, radiators, radio, washing machines, and curling irons. -(" Atoms in Action to Serve Mankind," Dr. C. M. Focken, 4YA, September 3.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 117, 19 September 1941, Page 5
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172Ediswan, The Lamp New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 117, 19 September 1941, Page 5
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