In ____, the first public UK electricity generator was installed in Godalming, ____. The next year they passed the Electric Light Act, the first public measure dealing with electricity ____. Also, in that year, Dr John Hopkinson, a professor at Kings’ College, London, and ____ to the English Edison Electric Light Co., patented his three-wire system of direct ____ distribution. Edison is the ____ inventor Thomas Edison who first demonstrated his electric ____ in 1879. He was the first - amongst multiple inventors - to truly create a cost-effective electric light source. As early as 1820, inventors were devising the first electric ____. English inventor, Joseph Swan, had original ideas that Edison would develop. Swan too was aware that a thin paper or metal filament - surrounded by a glass-enclosed ____ to form the bulb - would glow when electricity was passed through. Edison refined the design, trying filaments made of ____ (too expensive) and cotton before eventually settling on carbonised bamboo, capable of burning for more than 1,200 hours. With Edison's design — and the settlement of a lawsuit with Swan that made the two inventors join forces in 1883 — electric lighting became ____ In 1926, the Electricity Supply ____ introduced the first effective national co-ordination of electrical power across the UK. The Central Electricity Board was created and the generation of electricity happened in a few power ____ that were interconnected by a national grid, which was largely ____ by 1935. By the 1960s, advancements in technology meant the “Grid” could now be overlaid by a “Supergrid”.

The UK Electrical System - GAP FILL

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