Groucho's Fact Hunt

[chrismpw]

In 1881, Joseph Swan; duel inventor of the electric light with Edison, supplied his incandecant bulbs to light the D'Oyly Carte Savoy Theatre London.
In 1882 production of Iolanthe Swan made tiny tiaras lit up as a gimmick with little bulbs powered by a quite large backpack battery for the fairies.

From which we get the term...
Fairy Lights

Hang on.....
Swan invented the electric light bulb.

Later on Edison, who ran a complex where he took the credit for many of his employees' prolific innovations might have made certain improvements. Typical yank shouting loudly "notice me" to take credit.

 

[degsy]

Hang on.....
Swan invented the electric light bulb.

Later on Edison, who ran a complex where he took the credit for many of his employees' prolific innovations might have made certain improvements. Typical yank shouting loudly "notice me" to take credit.

By duel inventor I meant they both had versions at more or less the same time.
Edison actually tried to sue Swan but found his patents that strong he dropped the case and eventually formed a company with Swan

Swan's carbon rod lamp and carbon filament lamp, while functional, were still relatively impractical due to low resistance (needing very expensive thick copper wiring) and short running life.
While searching for a better filament for his light bulb, Swan inadvertently made another advance. In 1881, he developed and patented a process for squeezing nitrocellulose through holes to form conducting fibres. His newly established company (which by merger eventually became the Edison and Swan United Company) used Swan's cellulose filaments in their bulbs.

 

[kev]

By duel inventor I meant they both had versions at more or less the same time.
Edison actually tried to sue Swan but found his patents that strong he dropped the case and eventually formed a company with Swan

Swan's carbon rod lamp and carbon filament lamp, while functional, were still relatively impractical due to low resistance (needing very expensive thick copper wiring) and short running life.
While searching for a better filament for his light bulb, Swan inadvertently made another advance. In 1881, he developed and patented a process for squeezing nitrocellulose through holes to form conducting fibres. His newly established company (which by merger eventually became the Edison and Swan United Company) used Swan's cellulose filaments in their bulbs.

That was his light bulb moment right there.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

By duel inventor I meant they both had versions at more or less the same time.
Edison actually tried to sue Swan but found his patents that strong he dropped the case and eventually formed a company with Swan

Swan's carbon rod lamp and carbon filament lamp, while functional, were still relatively impractical due to low resistance (needing very expensive thick copper wiring) and short running life.
While searching for a better filament for his light bulb, Swan inadvertently made another advance. In 1881, he developed and patented a process for squeezing nitrocellulose through holes to form conducting fibres. His newly established company (which by merger eventually became the Edison and Swan United Company) used Swan's cellulose filaments in their bulbs.

The world’s longest burning lightbulb has been going since 1901

Centennial Light - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I don’t know if there’s a specific reason that these type bulbs weren’t in widespread commercial use other than to make more money ...

 

[chrismpw]

That was his light bulb moment right there.

I take a dim view of such puns. lol

 

[degsy]

I take a dim view of such puns. lol

Any more of it and we'll volt him

 

[chrismpw]

The world’s longest burning lightbulb has been going since 1901

Centennial Light - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I don’t know if there’s a specific reason that these type bulbs weren’t in widespread commercial use other than to make more money ...

It's long been very easy to make light bulbs last much, much longer. However the current religion of unbounded, amoral capitalism was and still is happy to allow dwindling, scarce tungsten supplies end up in land fill to maintain sales to collect wealth today and let our offspring worry about resources and pollution.

 

[chrismpw]

Any more of it and we'll volt him

Should we take this to current affairs?

 

[kev]

Any more of it and we'll volt him

Shocking that

 

[degsy]

.

Should we take this to current affairs?

Watt?

 

[chrismpw]

.

Watt?

Joule be scraping the barrel soon enough.

 

[Kurt.]

Bunch of bulbs

 

[degsy]

Joule be scraping the barrel soon enough.

Henry, may I call you Henry, It Hertz me to agree with you, but as Farad you go you may be right.
I shall meditate on this...
Ohm
Ohm
Ohm
Ohm.

 

[chrismpw]

Henry, may I call you Henry, It Hertz me to agree with you, but as Farad you go you may be right.
I shall meditate on this...
Ohm
Ohm
Ohm
Ohm.

I tip my hat at your capacity to keep this going.

 

[LostLegend]

I see this thread is as illuminating as ever...