Swan Light: A Novel

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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...

Anderson, James B (2008). Sommerville, Iain (ed.). "Ships built by the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd: arranged by date of launch". Welcome to Burntisland. Iain Sommerville . Retrieved 16 June 2011.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.

Deaths". Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury. 11 January 1868. p.8 . Retrieved 11 April 2021– via British Newspaper Archive. In 1894, Swan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), [41] and in 1898 he was elected president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; at the time, Swan was one of its three honorary members, the other two being Lord Kelvin and Henry Wilde. [9] In September 1901, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from Durham University. [42] He also served as president of the Society of Chemical Industry from 1900-1901, [43] and in 1903 he was chosen first president of the Faraday Society. [9] In 1904, he was knighted, [44] awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and made an honorary member of the Pharmaceutical Society. In 1906, he received the Albert medal of the Royal Society of Arts. [45] Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)". National Archives. 8 September 2021 . Retrieved 4 June 2023. 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. 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, 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 Custom Swan Metal Wall Art With LED Light, Personalized Swan Sign Decoration For Room, swan Home Decor, Swan Metal Decor, Swan Monogram Gift A book about a lighthouse on a cliff in Newfoundland a century ago. And Silvestre the old man who dedicated his life to its care. And Mari the marine archaeologist who searched for it’s remains. And the mysterious 100 year old woman who funded the search. This is story of hope, love and family, a lighthouse and lost treasure. Told in two different timelines, the life of Silvestre Swan light housekeeper of Swan light and present marine archaeologist Mari Adam and her love for uncovering the past.

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. Custom Night Light Moon Star, Nursery Decor, Anniversary Gift, Kids Room Decor, Newborn Gifts, Baby Gift with Name Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson: certificate of election to the Royal Society". Royal Society Archives. Royal Society. 1894. EC/1894/20 . Retrieved 11 April 2021. Mari teams up with salvager Julian Henry and uncover more than they bargained for. The past and present come together and danger. Marriages". Newcastle Journal. 12 August 1862. p.3 . Retrieved 11 April 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. I think this book did a lot right! But a few things fell short for me, particularly in the second half of the book. The book draws you in slowly in the beginning and reaches a fever pitch in the last third of the book, and then feels like it fizzles out slightly. The romance also felt a little strange, not fully fleshed out, and not convincing enough for me to be able to fully enjoy it. It felt like an afterthought to an otherwise complete plot! Additionally, as someone with family from Newfoundland who is familiar with the people, I think it would have been a lot more enriching for that to be further fleshed out, including the culture, dialect, historical financial state, etc. Swan. J.W. Swan's electric light Transactions, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 30, 1881, 149–159 Swan is now in his 80s and trying to save his lighthouse/home from sliding off the bluff into the sea... 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]

Newton, Douglas (26 October 1978). "Light and likeness". New Scientist . Retrieved 30 December 2010.

Thompson, Silvanus P. (1888). The development of the mercurial air-pump. London: E. & F.N. Spon. pp. 19. 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.