Electric Collection (page 34)

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine
Sketch of the Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: Electric toaster
Photograph of a woman demonstrating an electric toaster with adjustable dial at the Olympia Ideal Home exhibition 1947

Electric Railway Train
The Prince of Wales formally opened the new underground electric railway, three miles and a quarter in length, from King William Street in the City, passing under the Thames to the Borough

Professors Ayrton and Perrys new electric railway
A model of a electrical railway designed by Professors Ayrton and Perry. There were a number of dynamo-electric machines in the experimental stages

British Museum Egyptian Gallery
British Museum interior of the Egyptian gallery from 1890. Electric lights enabling the museum to be opened to the public in the evenings

Victorian Street Lamps
Examples of old Victorain street lamps now converted to electricity. These examples grace the entrance to a restaurant in Bagshot, Surrey

Videophone Prediction
A videophone was used by the Bell Telephone System in a trial between Pittsburgh and New York offices of Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Bunsens Battery
BUNSENs CELL A carbon-zinc electric cell invented by Robert Bunsen in 1841

Navy Cadets
A group of boys is taught about steam driven electric generators, which light and heat ships. They hope to become navy cadets one day

London Telegraph Office
The Instrument Gallery at the Central Telegraph Office, London

Comms / Telegraph Office
A telegraph office in Berlin

Oersted Experiment
Christian Oersted, at the university of Copenhagen, discovers the deviation of a compass needle when subjected to an enclosed electric current

Edison Lamp Factory
The manufacture of Edisons lamps at Menlo Park, New Jersey

Ghost Detection Kit
Ghost detection equipment designed and built by John Cutten : wind vane - Solenoid - Cameras - Thermostat - Tape recorder - Photo-electric cell - microphone

Electric Light in Home
LUMIERE ELECTRIQUE A DOMICILE (Electric Light in the Home) - catalogue of a Paris company specialising in the supply and installation of domestic electrical services

Fair / Car Ride, Kettering
An electric car ride in Kettering, United Kingdom

Soviet Electric Plough
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman, (centre right, in peaked cap), watching a demonstration of the first Soviet electric plough

Science / Galvani / Electric
Galvani experimented with static electricity to show the current stimulated nerves and muscles of frogs and other animals

Edison at Work 1880
THOMAS ALVA EDISON working on carbonized paper for his electric lamp, in his laboratory at Menlo Park

Electric Street Lamp
An old electric street lamp at Chester, Cheshire, England

Paris / Place St Michel
Place Saint-Michel, with several electric trams; the metro station is on the left

Military Telegraph
Optical and electric telegraphy used by the French army. Specialists are trained to use the Morse code by day or night

Telegram of 1894
A Post Office telegram announcing All well

Boulevard Du Palais
A horse bus, an electric tram, other horse-drawn vehicles, and a hand-cart, cross the Ile de la Cite past the Palais de Justice; a traditional pissoir is just visible

Paris Tram Crash
Left to itself, a Paris tram starts - seemingly of its own accord - and crashes at 60 km/hour

Dangerous Plug
A badly wired plug, liable to give anyone a nasty electric shock

Hair Dryer / Swan 1939
An electric hair dryer

Victorian Dining Room
A Victorian dining room with electric light

Steam Traction Engine
McLaren steam traction engine employed to both transport and power Testos Electric Biograph Show

Western Union operating room, New York, USA
The Western Union main operating room at the companys New York offices, showing a front view of the switchboard, the pneumatic message system and the mechanical in-house system

Various French Models
1 Coupe Krieger (electric) 2 Coupe Panhard (petrol) 3 Victoria Krieger (electric) 4 Coupe Dore (electric) 5 Landau Panhard (petrol) 6 Coupe (transport company)

Santa Fe Railroad
A train of the Santa Fe Railroad drawn by a diesel- electric locomotive

Lighting / Street / Electric
Electric street lighting illuminates a statue and coloured fountains

STEAMSHIP PITTSBURGH
White Star liner on the Atlantic crossing known as The Electric Ship because she incorporates so many electrical devices Date: 1924

Printing / Press-Room / 1887
Men working at printing presses under the glare of electric light

London Tram 1930S
A No. 40 electric tram passing by the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, before crossing Westminster Bridge, destination Woolwich, via Kennington. Date: 1930s

Automated Automobile
One day your car may speed along an electric super- highway, its speed and steering automatically controlled by electronic devices embedded in the road

Advert / Neon Sign 1941
Electric sign on Broadway, New York, advertising Wrigleys chewing gum

Electric Light Bath
An electric light bath in the Bilz Sanatorium, Berlin. " The copious perspiration promotes increased assimilation efficacious in cases of gout asthma, etc." Early sunbed ?

Advert / Rashleigh Lamps
Rashleigh electric lamps

Shutter Telegraph C18Th
An optical telegraph system, using 6 shutters

Girls Sews Doll / Singer
A young lady carries out running repairs on her dolls clothes, without needing to take them off - proof of the versatility of the Singer 66 K6 electric table model

Milan Electric Clock
An electric clock at Milan railway station

BAINs CHEMICAL T GRAPH
BAINs CHEMICAL TELEGRAPH exhibited at the Crystal Palace

Morses Transmitter
Morses original transmitter

French Rly Telegraph
The electric telegraph used on the French Railways

EDISONs TELEGRAPH 1886
Edisons electric telegraph system for railways

Electric Light Comes
Coming events cast their shadows before - and none more so than the electric light, which promises to make all other forms of illumination obsolete

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