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52 photos and 2 illustrations tagged invention, from 9 members of Flickr Commons.

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• North East Museums 32 photos & illustrations
• Nationaal Archief 11 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 3 photos & illustrations
• Smithsonian Institution 2 photos & illustrations
• British Library 2 photos & illustrations
• Provincial Archives of Alberta 1 photo / illustration
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of Queensland 1 photo / illustration
• Powerhouse Museum 1 photo / illustration

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Joseph Swan in his Laboratory

from North East Museums

• John keys said:

  Sound chap This Mr Swan...

• Timothy Jones said:

  "... Swan's demonstration of the light bulb at a lecture in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 December 1878, before its invention by the American Thomas Edison ..." Now consider the idiocy of this. Swan demonstrated the light bulb, so he invented it. OK so the filament was a bit naff, and it was hard to achieve a good vacuum. Thomas Edison cannot have invented it AFTER Swan had already demonstrated it. Give Edison the credit for improving it, and creating a production line for its manufacture, but please, do not fall into that Transatlantic error of thinking Edison invented the light bulb. He did not.

• Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:

  Timothy Jones thanks. We've reworded the caption - we certainly don't believe it was Edison who invented the lightbulb!

Toronto 74" Reflector

from North East Museums

• Rob Cruickshank said:

  Here is the telescope as it is today: (blurry picture, sorry!)

Getijdemolen / Tide mill

from Nationaal Archief

• Jamas von Rockmann said:

  prachtig genie

• Simon said:

  Thank you for putting the two English words "Tide Mill" - this is a perfect illustration for a university assignment, and without those words I'd never have found it.

• Nationaal Archief said:

  @swaldman-firecloud_2 You're welcome! Nice to hear you were able to use this illustration.