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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 186024" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Hello Bronking, trying not to "let you down", but surely I'm allowed to go on holiday?</p><p></p><p>Yes, Paul R, agreed that Swan did invent the incandescent filament bulb before and independently of Edison, nevertheless Edison did do lots of work on finding the right materials - mostly by trial and error - to make it relaible and commercial. Having already lost one court battle, he agreed to share USA patent rights with Swan as the "Ediswan" company (in UK Swan stayed independent).</p><p></p><p>See: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan</a> .</p><p>and: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison</a> .</p><p></p><p>Regarding Rolfw's above post, perhaps the chap who invented the pull ring on beer cans ("throw away your can opener"!)? That's certainly an invention , you could hardly "discover" it.</p><p></p><p>(added, a rather grisly episode was the "war of the currents":</p><p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/science/edison.htm#add" target="_blank">www.snopes.com/science/edison.htm#add</a> .</p><p>(more detail): <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents</a> ).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 186024, member: 192438"] Hello Bronking, trying not to "let you down", but surely I'm allowed to go on holiday? Yes, Paul R, agreed that Swan did invent the incandescent filament bulb before and independently of Edison, nevertheless Edison did do lots of work on finding the right materials - mostly by trial and error - to make it relaible and commercial. Having already lost one court battle, he agreed to share USA patent rights with Swan as the "Ediswan" company (in UK Swan stayed independent). See: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan[/URL] . and: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison[/URL] . Regarding Rolfw's above post, perhaps the chap who invented the pull ring on beer cans ("throw away your can opener"!)? That's certainly an invention , you could hardly "discover" it. (added, a rather grisly episode was the "war of the currents": [URL="http://www.snopes.com/science/edison.htm#add"]www.snopes.com/science/edison.htm#add[/URL] . (more detail): [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents[/URL] ). [/QUOTE]
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