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The Edison and Swan Electric Light Company Limited was a manufacturer of incandescent lamp bulbs and other electrical goods. It was formed in 1883 with the name Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company with the merger of the Swan United Electric Company and the Edison Electric Light Company.
Learn about the history and products of the Edison and Swan Electric Light Company, founded by Sir Joseph Wilson Swan in 1883. The company merged with Edison Electric Light Company and dominated the British market with their 'Ediswan' light bulbs.
By 1886, a lamp with better light output than a flame safety lamp was in production by the Edison-Swan Company. However, it suffered from problems of reliability and was not a success. It took development by others over the next 20 years or so before effective electric lamps were in common use.
In 1883 the Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company was established. Known commonly as "Ediswan" the company sold lamps made with a cellulose filament that Swan had invented in 1881. Variations of the cellulose filament became an industry standard, except with the Edison Company.
Once he learned that a high resistance filament was needed, he quickly adapted it to his own lamps and established the Swan Electric Light Company. It should be noted that Swan had been granted several patents for various lamp features before Edison's breakthrough.
En Gran Bretaña, las empresas de Edison y Swan se fusionaron en Edison and Swan United Electric Company (más tarde conocida como Ediswan y finalmente incorporada en Thorn Lighting Ltd). Edison inicialmente estaba en contra de esa combinación, pero después de que Swan lo demandara y ganase, Edison finalmente se vio obligado a cooperar y se ...
18 de dic. de 2009 · The incandescent light bulb has become synonymous with Thomas Edison. But Swan was the first to show a more-or-less workable version of this remarkable creation. Swan, though, wasn't the first...
