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Electric Lighting of University House

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1881Date range
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1881

William Thomson Kelvin1881

Glasgow · Science / Physics

Creates one of the first houses in the world to be fully lit by electricity on the university campus.

Names involved

William Thomson Kelvin

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