Electrical Collection (page 9)

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

Electrostatic Generator
Electrostatic generator by James Wimshurst (1832 - 1903)

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

Kw Siemens / World Invent
KARL WILHELM SIEMENS later SIR CHARLES WILLIAM German-English electrical engineer and industrialist

Baths & Electrical T. Mnt
Diagrams showing various types of bath (shallow bath, hip bath, trunk bath etc.) and treatment with electricity

Children & Simple Phone
Two children use a toy telephone : in the margin, batteries and headphones for an electrical appliance

Nollet Experiment 6
The Abbe Nollet demonstrates the electrical conductivity of the human body, at the College de Navarre, Paris

Nollet and Soldiers
Nollet demonstrates electrical force at Versailles, sending a current through soldiers who stand with linked hands; in one experiment he does this with 240 soldiers

Electrical Engine
The electrical locomotive which replaced the original steam engines - resulting in quieter, smoother and above all cleaner travel

Suns Discharges
Electrical Discharges from the Sun Date: 1928

Electricity Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, by flying a kite in a stormy sky, demonstrates the electrical nature of storm-clouds, giving him the idea of a lightning conductor

Electricity Guericke
At Hamburg, Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, demonstrates an electrical machine - the first of its kind, based on a rotating sphere generating force

Watsons Experiment
Watson demonstrates that the human body is an electrical machine by extracting an electric spark from the body of a youth

George Westinghouse
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE American engineer, noted for work on brakes and electrical power

Galvani / Frog Exp. - 4
Experiment devised by Luigi Galvani, showing movement of Frog legs due to electrical current

Galvani Frog Exp. 5
Luigi Galvani, professor at Bologna university, observes contractions in a frogs legs when brought into contact with an electrical machine

H C F Jenkin
HENRY CHARLES FLEEMING JENKIN Electrical engineer; at work in his laboratory

Seance Device
Four spiritualists try a new method of communicating with the spirits, using a metal plate and electrical controls in a way I don t pretend to understand (text in Swedish)

Edisons Electric Rail
Edisons experimental electrical railway, at Menlo Park : the locomotive picks up power from the track and can reach some 50 km/h - but the ride is bumpy !

Waterspouts & Lightning
An electrical storm at sea with two waterspouts (a tiny ship can be seen in the distance)

Science / Nollet
The electrical experiments of Jean-Antoine NOLLET, abbe and professor physics at Paris; demonstrating how electricity is conducted by the human body

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