is offered a lucrative side job looking for Swan Light, which had fallen into the sea a century prior, by a wealthy 104 year old woman... Where Edison surpassed his competition was in developing a practical and inexpensive lightbulb, according to the DOE. Edison and his team of researchers tested more than 3,000 designs for bulbs between 1878 and 1880. a b Davidson, Michael W., and The Florida State University. "Molecular Expressions. Science, optics and you. Pioneers in optics. Joseph Swan (1828–1914)." Last modification 26 February 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2009

Swan is now in his 80s and trying to save his lighthouse/home from sliding off the bluff into the sea... British Association for the Advancement of Science, Notices and Abstracts of Miscellaneous Communications to the Sections (1863). "On a Mercurial Air-Pump by J. W. Swan.". Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. London: John Murray. pp. 26. OCLC 1052544488. The stunning cover with promises of a sweeping, emotional tale of the mysterious circumstances of a lighthouse, its keeper trying to save it, and present day divers tying to unravel the mystery of it all - just captured my salty heart the minute I laid eyes on it. ⁣

Pam, D. (1977), The New Enfield: Stories of Enfield Edmonton and Southgate, a Jubilee History, London Borough of Enfield Libraries, Arts & Entertainment Dept As past and present collide, the secrets hiding on the ocean floor begin to surface. Can Mari find the answers she is looking for—and at what price? Eighty-three-year-old Silvestre Swan has dedicated his life to the care of his Newfoundland lighthouse. His petition to relocate Swan Light from its precarious cliff’s edge is going unheard by town patriarch Cort Roland—that is, until a terrible storm brings an unlikely ally into Swan’s life. But is it too late for the stone lighthouse? In 1945, the London Power Company commemorated Swan by naming a new 1,554 GRT coastal collier SS Sir Joseph Swan. [28] [46] Personal life [ edit ] In what are considered to be independent lines of inquiry, Swan's incandescent electric lamp was developed at the same time that Thomas Edison was working on his incandescent lamp, [35] with Swan's first successful lamp and Edison's lamp both patented in 1880. [1] [36] Edison's goal in developing his lamp was for it to be used as one part of a much larger system: a long-life high-resistance lamp that could be connected in parallel to work economically with the large-scale electric-lighting utility he was creating. [37] [35] Swan's original lamp design, with its low resistance (the lamp could be used only in series) and short life span, was not suited for such an application. [35]

James Bowman Lindsay demonstrated a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland. The first ship to use Swan's invention was The City of Richmond, owned by the Inman Line. She was fitted with incandescent lamps in June 1881. The Royal Navy also introduced them to its ships soon after; with HMS Inflexible having the new lamps installed in the same year. [28] An early employment in engineering was during the digging of the Severn Tunnel, where the contractor Thomas Walker installed "20-candlepower lamps" in the temporary pilot tunnels. [29] Marriages". Newcastle Courant. 13 October 1871. p.8 . Retrieved 11 April 2021– via British Newspaper Archive. Glover, Andrew (8 February 2011). "Alexander Armstrong in appeal to save Lit and Phil". The Journal. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011 . Retrieved 8 February 2011. The society's lecture theatre was the first public room to be lit by electric light, during a lecture by Sir Joseph Swan on October 20, 1880.

His house, Underhill, Low Fell, Gateshead, was the world's first to have working light bulbs installed. [16] The Lit & Phil Library in Westgate Road, Newcastle, was the first public room lit by electric light during a lecture by Swan on 20 October 1880. [17] [18] In 1881 he founded his own company, The Swan Electric Light Company, [19] and started commercial production. [20]

It is 1913 and in the small town of Norman Cliffs, Newfoundland eighty-three-year-old Silvestre “Silvy” Swan, keeper of the Swan Light lighthouse, is struggling to find the help he needs to prevent losing the structure to the sea. Just over one hundred years later, archaeological diver Mari Adams is in the Mediterranean looking for the remains of the Californian, its story being the subject deep fascination since she was a little girl. As a door is about to close on her research, elderly Evangeline Devon, whose motives are not completely clear, hires Mari to find the remains of Swan Light, providing her with all the resources she needs. She finds out during her first dive that there are other people interested in her findings, people who will stop at nothing to get what they want. As Mari continues with her research, the threats get darker as time runs out to find the truth behind Swan Light. Told via dual timelines, this was a novel that had everything. Rich history, suspense, romance, sound storytelling, and of course a lighthouse. I was completely immersed in the story while reading. Illustration showing Thomas Edison with a lightbulb (Image credit: Getty: Ivan-96) First practical incandescent lightbulb Like earlier renditions of the lightbulb, Swan's filaments were placed in a vacuum tube to minimize their exposure to oxygen, extending their lifespan. Unfortunately for Swan, vacuum pumps weren't very efficient then, and the prototype didn't work well enough for everyday use. Marine archaeologist Mari Adams’s attempts to fund her search for the notorious SS Californian are realized when she accepts a job to find the remains of Swan Light, rumored to have collapsed into the sea one hundred years ago. She teams up with salvager Julian Henry, and the pair unearth more than they bargained for in their search for the ruins. But when a group of treasure hunters threatens their mission, their hunt for the truth turns dangerous.Thompson, Silvanus P. (1888). The development of the mercurial air-pump. London: E. & F.N. Spon. pp. 19. Sprengel, Hermann (1865). "III. Researches on the vacuum". Journal of the Chemical Society. 18: 9–21. Swan, J.W. On an electric safety lamp, with portable secondary battery Transactions, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 31 1881-2, 117–9

I liked the people in this book. Except the bad guys of course. The story was interesting and the setting engaging. There were some silly things later in the book but by that time I cared about the characters to ignore those flaws. Swan, J.W. On an improved electric safety lamp for miners Transactions, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 36 1886-7, 3–11 Several months after the 1879 patent was granted, Edison and his team discovered that a carbonized bamboo filament could burn for more than 1,200 hours, according to the Edison Museum. Bamboo was used for the filaments in Edison's bulbs until it began to be replaced by longer-lasting materials in the 1880s to early 1900s. I loved the thought put into the details- how the dog earned his name, the lighthouse being a character all on its own, the interwoven storylines- everything was just perfect! Crafted from resin and dangling a bulb holder from his beak this charming bird wall light will boldly light your abode.

Covington, Edward J. "Sir Joseph Wilson Swan". LampTech: Museum of Electric Lamp Technology . Retrieved 3 June 2023. Swan first publicly demonstrated his incandescent carbon lamp at a lecture for the Newcastle upon Tyne Chemical Society on 18 December 1878. However, after burning with a bright light for some minutes in his laboratory, the lamp broke down owing to excessive current. On 17 January 1879 this lecture was successfully repeated with the lamp shown in actual operation; Swan had solved the problem of incandescent electric lighting by means of a vacuum lamp. On 3 February 1879 he publicly demonstrated a working lamp to an audience of over seven hundred people in the lecture theatre of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, Sir William Armstrong of Cragside presiding. Swan turned his attention to producing a better carbon filament, and the means of attaching its ends. He devised a method of treating cotton to produce "parchmentised thread", and obtained British Patent 4933 on 27 November 1880. [15] From that time he began installing light bulbs in homes and landmarks in England. This is the loveliest book I have read in a long time. The author makes you care about the characters, their lives and transports you through the beauty of her writing to magical settings, whether they be serene, dark, sleep homely or just beautiful. a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 434–435. ISBN 0-304-35730-8. a b c d "Death Of Sir Joseph Swan". The Times. No.40535. 28 May 1914. p.12. Gale CS202441404 . Retrieved 4 June 2021.