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  <dc:title>Letter from Joseph Wilson Swan, Paris, to [William Fletcher] Barrett</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Comments on Thomas Edison and his irritation at the 'carping criticisms of his English detractors'. Gives a brief history of his own announcement of the electric light bulb in Newcastle in 1879. Is willing to send lamps for Barrett's lecture and gives advice on the number of electric cells Barrett will need. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>19 October 1881</dc:date>
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