[DOC] [TLE] Joseph Swan - Wikipedia [PAR] Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, D.Sc.h.c., FRS (31 October 1828  27 May 1914) was a 
British physicist and chemist. He is most famous for his role in the development of 
the first incandescent light bulb. Swan first demonstrated the light bulb at a 
lecture in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 December 1878, but he did not receive a 
patent ... His house (in Gateshead, England) was the first in the world to be lit by... [DOC] [TLE] Light Bulb History - Invention of the Light Bulb - The Great Idea Finder [PAR] Jan 30, 2007 ... DID YOU KNOW? ... 1878 Swan receives a UK patent for an improved 
incandescent lamp in a vacuum tube ... 1880 233,445 Joseph Swan 10/19 for 
Electric Lamp ... By the time of Edison's 1879 lamp invention, gas lighting was a 
mature, .... Swan was the first to construct an electric light bulb, but he had... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison, Joseph Swan and The Real Deal Behind the Light ... [PAR] Aug 15, 2001 ... As every third-grader knows, Thomas Edison invented the electric lightbulb. Or 
did he? ... in 1879, merely improved on a design that British inventor Joseph 
Swan had ... Even the U.S. Patent Office decided in 1883 that Edison's patent 
was ... so the filament doesn't get oxidized and the glow lasts a long time. [DOC] [TLE] The History of the Light Bulb | Department of Energy [PAR] Nov 22, 2013 ... More than 150 years ago, inventors began working on a bright idea that would 
have a ... By October 1879, Edison's team had produced a light bulb with a ... who 
received a U.S. patent for the incandescent lamp, and Joseph Swan, .... Today's 
LED bulbs are also six to seven times more energy efficient than... [DOC] [TLE] Who Invented the Light Bulb? - Live Science [PAR] Feb 15, 2014 ... Thomas Edison built on their successes and patented the first ... Thomas Edison 
is usually credited with the invention of the light bulb, but the famous American 
inventor wasn't the ... In 1850, English chemist Joseph Swan solved the cost-
effectiveness ... Light Bulbs Actually Spur Bright Ideas, Study Reveals. [DOC] [TLE] Reward offered for oldest working light bulb in a British home [PAR] Jan 30, 2009 ... In 1879 Joseph Swan began installing light bulbs in homes and landmarks 
across England. ... Later, Swan teamed up with American Thomas Edison for the 
... Edison both made similar advances at about the same time, though ... of 
England but it's probably fair to say that otherwise he has been neglected. [DOC] [TLE] The Mysterious Case of the 113-Year-Old Light Bulb - Priceonomics [PAR] Sep 22, 2014 ... In the United States, the average incandescent light bulb (that is, a bulb heated ... 
Since its first installation in 1901, it has rarely been turned off, has outlived every 
... of many efforts to produce long-lasting, bright light through heated filaments. ... 
A few years later, British physicist Joseph Swan utilized Starr's... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison and the Electric Lamp, Patented Jan. 27, 1880 ... [PAR] Jan 26, 2014 ... On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received U.S. Patent No. ... In addition to 
be the greatest inventor of his time, Edison also had a way ... Nevertheless, 
Edison did have failures, including his failed support of DC .... http://www.
commercial-lamps.co.uk/p/resources/lighting-history/sir-joseph-wilson-swan. [DOC] [TLE] History of the Incandescent Light - Edison Tech Center [PAR] Heat is constantly emitted from objects around us, we just can't see it. ... Why 
Edison Triumphed: Joseph Swan worked on the incandescent light idea since 
1850. ... He did this by heating up the bulb at the same time that he pumped out 
the air. ... The first bamboo filaments had a square shape because they were cut 
from... [DOC] [TLE] Edison did not invent the lightbulb (The Myth of The Lone Inventor ... [PAR] Jan 27, 2015 ... Edison did not invent the lightbulb (The Myth of The Lone Inventor) ... Two lesser-
known inventors, Humphrey Davy and

Question: Joseph Swan had this bright idea in England at the same time Edison did in the U.S.
Answer: an electric light bulb