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THE biography of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, written by two of his children, gives an admirable record of the life of this great inventor. His inventions in connexion with photography and electric lighting place him in the front rank of the world's benefactors. Important industries employing tens of thousands of workmen are founded on the results of his labours. His most successful inventions are the carbon process (better known perhaps as the ‘autotype’ process); bromide printing paper familiar to all photographers; the incandescent carbon filament electric lamp; the cellular lead plate electrical storage battery, and the most important of all, artificial cellulose thread, the prototype of artificial silk.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, F.R.S.
A Memoir by M. E. S. and K. R. S. Pp. 183 + 6 plates. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1929.) 7s. 6d. net.
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R., A. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, FRS. Nature 124, 567–569 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124567a0
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