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English: Albon Man patent on electrical distribution system for incandescent lights
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"Evolution of the Electric Incandescent Lamp" by Franklin Leonard Pope ·(1889), page 9
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Albon Man, inventor and the United States Patent Office
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Uploaded a work by Albon Man, inventor and the United States Patent Office from [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Evolution_of_the_Electric_Incandescent_L/2f9UAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22It+will+be+observed+that+this+patent+clearly+shows+and+describes+a+number+of+the+essential+features+of+the+modern+systems+of+electrical+distribution+for+incandescent+lighting+among%22&pg=PA9&printsec=frontcover "Evolution of the Electric Incandescent Lamp" by Franklin Leonard Pope ·(1889), page 9] with Up...
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