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Electric Light

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Electric Light has 63 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 25 references, with 3 live disagreements.

63 facts·49 predicates·25 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:preferred for(12), has advantage over gas(3), has advantage over(2)

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Inbound mentions (174)

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Other facts (51)

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51 facts
PredicateValueRef
Has Advantage Over Gasnull[12]
Has Advantage Over GasSlight[19]
Has Advantage Over Gasif any[20]
Has Advantage OverGas Light[5]
Has Advantage OverGas[21]
Enablesphotography and other industries at night[1]
Enables Seeingpictures, furniture, flowers as by daylight[1]
SupportsGrowing Plants[1]
Has Advantage ofimmunity from products of combustion[1]
Preferred Despitehigher cost than gas[1]
Discussed Cursorily at Councilnull[2]
Advancing Toward AcclimatisationThis Colony[3]
Fitted inBarcoo[4]
Enabled Shorter TransitSuez Canal[2]
Necessity for Night Transitimplied[2]
Destined forBarratta Creek[1]
Vessel TypeSchooner[1]
Departed FromBowen[1]
Public Can Judge Illuminant QualityTrue[5]
Assists Operations at Nighttimetrue[6]
Safer ThanOrdinary Artificial Lighting[6]
Advantage OverOrdinary Lighting[6]
Mate Belonging toMate Electric Light[7]
Introduces Competition toGas[8]
Vast Field of Profitable OperationsQueensland Electric Light and Power Co Limited[7]
Is Light of FutureFuture Lighting[7]
Departed Townsville Time21:45[8]
Bound forBatavia[8]
Returned toTownsville[8]
Exhibited onSaturday night[9]
Exhibited First TimeAdelaide[9]
Enables Night EventsMaryborough Vs Bundaberg Football[9]
Returned FromBarratta Creek[9]
Full Cargo of Sugartrue[9]
Implies Modern Technology1891 Steamers[10]
Causes No Need to CloseFanlights Portholes[11]
Implicates Superior to Other Lightstrue[11]
Judged Better Illuminant by Publicnull[12]
Implicates Modernitysuperiority[13]
Is Advanced Technologynull[14]
Enhances Steamer AppealListed Steamers[15]
Enhances Passenger ExperienceNight Travel[16]
EnhancesPassenger Comfort[17]
Presupposed SuperiorSteamers[17]
Modern Feature In1889null[18]
Better Illuminant Than Gaspublic can judge[20]
Promoted As Modernnull[22]
Would BenefitMen Engaged Here[23]
Probable to Be Introduced IntoThis Town[23]
Successful forstreet lamps in Melbourne[24]
Is VesselElectric Light[25]

Timeline

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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:churches
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enablestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
photography and other industries at night
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enablesSeeingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
pictures, furniture, flowers as by daylight
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supportstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:growing-plants
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hasAdvantageOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
immunity from products of combustion
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:warehouses
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:theatres
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:show-rooms
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:printing-establishments
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:museums
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:factories
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:engine-rooms-of-passenger-steamers
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:drawing-rooms
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:dining-rooms
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:concert-rooms
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preferredDespitetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
higher cost than gas
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preferredFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cabins-of-passenger-steamers
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discussedCursorilyAtCounciltrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
null
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advancingTowardAcclimatisationtrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:this-colony
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fittedIntrove-cooktown/two-mile-cooktown
ex:barcoo
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enabledShorterTransittrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:suez-canal
—
necessityForNightTransittrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
implied
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destinedFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:barratta-creek
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vesselTypetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:schooner
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departedFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bowen
—
publicCanJudgeIlluminantQualitytrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:true
—
hasAdvantageOvertrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:gas-light
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assistsOperationsAtNighttimetrove-cooktown/prostitution
true
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saferThantrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:ordinary-artificial-lighting
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advantageOvertrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:ordinary-lighting
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mateBelongingTotrove-cooktown/watkins
ex:mate-electric-light
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introducesCompetitionTotrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:gas
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vastFieldOfProfitableOperationstrove-cooktown/watkins
ex:queensland-electric-light-and-power-co-limited
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isLightOfFuturetrove-cooktown/watkins
ex:future-lighting
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departedTownsvilleTimetrove-cooktown/reynolds
21:45
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boundFortrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:batavia
—
returnedTotrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:townsville
—
exhibitedOntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
Saturday night
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exhibitedFirstTimetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:adelaide
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enablesNightEventstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:maryborough-vs-bundaberg-football
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returnedFromtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:barratta-creek
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fullCargoOfSugartrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
true
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impliesModernTechnologybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-malay-cingalese/146877142_Thursday-24-September-1891
ex:1891-steamers
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causesNoNeedToCloselaura-corridor/loop9-aboriginal-women
ex:fanlights-portholes
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implicatesSuperiorToOtherLightslaura-corridor/loop9-aboriginal-women
true
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judgedBetterIlluminantByPublicbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/81101462_Tuesday-2-March-1897_the-northern-miner-published-daily-to-day
null
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hasAdvantageOverGasbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/81101462_Tuesday-2-March-1897_the-northern-miner-published-daily-to-day
null
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implicatesModernitybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146754990_Saturday-19-July-1890_Advertising
superiority
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isAdvancedTechnologybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172118184_Saturday-22-March-1890_Advertising
null
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enhancesSteamerAppealbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172115080_Monday-24-February-1890_Advertising
ex:listed-steamers
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enhancesPassengerExperiencebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172119078_Tuesday-7-January-1890_Advertising
ex:night-travel
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enhancesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177609818_Tuesday-23-July-1889_Advertising
ex:passenger-comfort
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presupposedSuperiorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177609818_Tuesday-23-July-1889_Advertising
ex:steamers
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modernFeatureIn1889brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177611035_Thursday-19-September-1889_Advertising
null
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hasAdvantageOverGasrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/10-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-81101462-59f20f6a6d5c
ex:slight
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hasAdvantageOverGasrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/06-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-81101462-3fa652f3a7f4
if any
—
betterIlluminantThanGasrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/06-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-81101462-3fa652f3a7f4
public can judge
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hasAdvantageOverrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-article-81101462-owen-reynolds-family-hotel-evidence
ex:gas
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promotedAsModernrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-176697953
null
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wouldBenefitrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-bros-carriers-teamsters-3407330
ex:men-engaged-here
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probableToBeIntroducedIntorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-bros-carriers-teamsters-3407330
ex:this-town
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successfulForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-maytown-service-brought-rosey-children-77212921
street lamps in Melbourne
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isVesselblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--monday 10 september 1883--174171290--queensland-items
ex:electric-light

References (25)

25 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer20 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. [2]Mauritius Queensland3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  3. [3]Cingalese1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  4. [4]Two Mile Cooktown1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/two-mile-cooktown
  5. [5]Family Hotel Cooktown2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
  6. [6]Prostitution3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  7. [7]Watkins3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  8. [8]Reynolds4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  9. [9]North Shore Full5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  10. [10]146877142 Thursday 24 September 18911 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-malay-cingalese/146877142_Thursday-24-September-1891
  11. [11]Loop9 Aboriginal Women2 facts
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop9-aboriginal-women
  12. [12]81101462 Tuesday 2 March 1897 the Northern Miner Published Daily to Day2 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/81101462_Tuesday-2-March-1897_the-northern-miner-published-daily-to-day
  13. [13]146754990 Saturday 19 July 1890 Advertising1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146754990_Saturday-19-July-1890_Advertising
  14. [14]172118184 Saturday 22 March 1890 Advertising1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172118184_Saturday-22-March-1890_Advertising
  15. [15]172115080 Monday 24 February 1890 Advertising1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172115080_Monday-24-February-1890_Advertising
  16. [16]172119078 Tuesday 7 January 1890 Advertising1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172119078_Tuesday-7-January-1890_Advertising
  17. [17]177609818 Tuesday 23 July 1889 Advertising2 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177609818_Tuesday-23-July-1889_Advertising
  18. [18]177611035 Thursday 19 September 1889 Advertising1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177611035_Thursday-19-September-1889_Advertising
  19. [19]10 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 81101462 59f20f6a6d5c1 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/10-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-81101462-59f20f6a6d5c
  20. [20]06 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 81101462 3fa652f3a7f42 facts
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/06-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-81101462-3fa652f3a7f4
  21. [21]Local Trove Article 81101462 Owen Reynolds Family Hotel Evidence1 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-article-81101462-owen-reynolds-family-hotel-evidence
  22. [22]Trove Owen Reynolds Carrier Palmer Timeline 1766979531 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-176697953
  23. [23]Trove Reynolds Bros Carriers Teamsters 34073302 facts
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-bros-carriers-teamsters-3407330
  24. [24]Trove Maytown Service Brought Rosey Children 772129211 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-maytown-service-brought-rosey-children-77212921
  25. [25]Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Monday 10 September 1883 174171290 Queensland Items1 fact
    ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--monday 10 september 1883--174171290--queensland-items

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