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1. www.bt.com › about › btOur history - About BT | BT Plc

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   4 days ago · BT Group is the world's oldest communications company. We can trace our roots all the way back to The Electric Telegraph Company. Founded by Sir William Fothergill Cooke, George Parker Bidder and Joseph Lewis Ricardo in 1846, it was the first company to develop a nationwide communications network.

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3. markets.ft.com › data › equitiesBT Group, BT.A:LSE summary - FT.com - Financial Times

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   5 days ago · Latest BT Group (BT.A:LSE) share price with interactive charts, historical prices, comparative analysis, forecasts, business profile and more.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Incandescent_light_bulbIncandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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   4 days ago · An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation.

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6. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › oxonPublic Services - British History Online

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   4 days ago · Electric streetlighting gradually replaced gas; there were 5 electric lamps in 1892, and only 100, out of a total of 2,000 street-lights, in 1931. After the city's take-over of the electricity supply that year the change to electricity was speeded up, and by 1963 there were 3,260 electric lamps and only 1,820 gas lamps.

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   4 days ago · Largest U.K. (FTSE) Energy Stocks by Market Cap. UPDATED Oct 09, 2024. Discover large cap U.K. Energy companies that are on the FTSE.

8. www.onthisday.comOn This Day - Today in History, Film, Music and Sport

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   2 days ago · Find out what happened today or any day in history with On This Day. Historical events, birthdays, deaths, photos and famous people, from 4000 BC to today.

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   How many lamps were made in 1914?

   • In 1914, 88.5 million lamps were used, (only 15% with carbon filaments), and by 1945, annual sales of lamps were 795 million (more than 5 lamps per person per year). [ 74 ] Thermal image of an incandescent bulb. 22–175 °C (72–347 °F). Most of the mid and far-IR is absorbed by the glass, heating it to scorching temperatures.

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   How many incandescent light bulbs were sold in 1885?

   • Consumption of incandescent light bulbs grew rapidly in the US. In 1885, an estimated 300,000 general lighting service lamps were sold, all with carbon filaments. When tungsten filaments were introduced, about 50 million lamp sockets existed in the US.

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   When was the first light bulb invented?

   • In 1893, Heinrich Göbel claimed he had designed the first incandescent light bulb in 1854, with a thin carbonized bamboo filament of high resistance, platinum lead-in wires in an all-glass envelope, and a high vacuum.

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   Who invented incandescent light bulbs?

   • In 1851, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin publicly demonstrated incandescent light bulbs on his estate in Blois, France. His light bulbs are on display in the museum of the Château de Blois. [ a ] In 1859, Moses G. Farmer built an electric incandescent light bulb using a platinum filament. [ 23 ]

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   When was the United States electric lighting company founded?

   • The United States Electric Lighting Company was organized in 1878, a few weeks after the Electro-Dynamic Company

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   How long does a light bulb last?

   • Theatrical, photographic, and projection lamps may have a useful life of only a few hours, trading life expectancy for high output in a compact form. Long-life general service lamps have lower efficiency, but prior to the development of compact fluorescent and LED lamps they were useful in applications where the bulb was difficult to change.

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    5 days ago · The great British gilt tilt Oct 15 2024; US election bets surge after court lifts ban Oct 15 2024; Insurers embrace climate change investments as catastrophe costs mount Oct 15 2024; Two decades of EM bond history Oct 14 2024; Expect more emerging market sovereign defaults, says S&P Oct 14 2024