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English: This is a picture of the fluorescent lamp by Thomas A. Edison from his U.S. Patent No. 865,367 (Application granted in September 10, 1907). |
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The author died in 1931, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.  You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 80 years: Mexico has 100 years and Jamaica has 95 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. |
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| 2011-07-21 00:18 | 837×581× (73508 bytes) | Telementor | This is a picture of the fluorescent lamp by Thomas Edison from his U.S. Patent 0,865,367. In general, the contents of United States patents are in the public domain. |
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| current | 00:17, 27 September 2022 | | 1,536 × 1,114 (168 KB) | Feyth | higher resolution |
| 06:50, 17 March 2016 |  | 837 × 581 (72 KB) | FastilyClone | Transferred from enwp |
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