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...usually cited as the father of the lightbulb, it's more accurate to give Edison credit as the creator of the first commercially viable lightbulb. As early as 1820, inventors were homing in on the principles that would lead to the first electric illumination. An English inventor, Joseph Swan, took their early work and developed the basis of the modern electric lightbulb in 1879 - a thin paper or metal filament surrounded by a glass-enclosed vacuum. When electricity runs through the filament, the bulb glows. Edison refined the design, trying filaments made out of platinum and cotton before eventually settling...
...Adam Rousmaniere took the ball down the line and had a great cross in. I was able to get across my defender and hit it into the goal,” Mitchell said...
...Crimson also holds an edge against the teams’ only other shared opponent thus far, Holy Cross. Harvard beat the Crusaders 2-0 in September, two weeks before Holy Cross took a three-point advantage against Yale winning...
...when both teams took the field before unfavorable weather prevented play, the Crimson and Bulldogs defended and attacked evenly...
Yesterday morning, Chijoff-Evans faced Binghampton’s Sven Vloedgraven in a match where the Crimson junior came out with zeal but ran out of energy quick. Chijoff-Evans took the first set, 3-6, but failed to win the last...