Thread: Why the world is jealous of Canada!
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Old 08-26-2012, 01:05 PM  
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Originally Posted by helterskelter808 View Post
At least 90% of your list is about Britain, not Canada.

Including Smarties and the lightbulb:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan

Edit: and Alexander Graham Bell.

WTF. Is this a joke thread?
"On July 24, 1874, Woodward and his partner, Mathew Evans, a hotel keeper, filed a Canadian patent application on an electric light bulb.[2][3] It was granted on August 3, 1874 as Canadian patent number 3,738"

"Swan's first demonstration of the light bulb was at a lecture in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 December 1878, but he did not receive a patent until 27 November 1880 (patent No. 4933) after improvement to the original lamp."

What were you saying about Bell?
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