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Electrically Collection

Background imageElectrically Collection: Goubet Submarine / 1885

Goubet Submarine / 1885
Designed by Claude Goubet in 1885: the first electrically powered submarine. Seen here being used by the Russian Navy

Background imageElectrically Collection: Electric Fire Engine

Electric Fire Engine
Merryweathers electrically propelled fire-engine, which enabled 12 men to travel on the vehicle

Background imageElectrically Collection: Hawker Hunter FGA. 74 505

Hawker Hunter FGA. 74 505
Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505 (msn 41H/680085, ex XJ632 and G-9-356), on the line with armourers preparing the ADEN gun pack for removal

Background imageElectrically Collection: Electrically controlled boat, Royal Naval Exhibition

Electrically controlled boat, Royal Naval Exhibition of 1891 in London

Background imageElectrically Collection: Royal Naval Exhibition 1891 - the electrically

Royal Naval Exhibition 1891 - the electrically controlled boat

Background imageElectrically Collection: WW2 - R. A. F. Electrically Heated Boots

WW2 - R. A. F. Electrically Heated Boots
This photograph shows a British WW2 Royal Air Force pilot fitting the plug for electrically heating his boots. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageElectrically Collection: WW2 - R. A. F. Airman Fully Equipped

WW2 - R. A. F. Airman Fully Equipped
A photograph portraying a British WW2 Royal Air Force pilot fully equipped for a high altitude flight, with oxygen, radio, electrically heated clothing and parachute. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageElectrically Collection: Woman Having her Hair Dried 1928

Woman Having her Hair Dried 1928
A woman sits under a chrome-plated hair dryer, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Background imageElectrically Collection: HAIL-FIGHTING MACHINE

HAIL-FIGHTING MACHINE
Dupuis-Delcourt proposes this device - the electro- subtracteur - which, he tells us, will prevent hailstorms by electrically subtracting ice from the stormclouds. Maybe. Date: 1850

Background imageElectrically Collection: Commander in German U-boat by G. H. Davis

Commander in German U-boat by G. H. Davis
Secrets of a German U-boat: one of a series of drawings made inside a captured submarine during the Second World War. The commander is seen at his action station

Background imageElectrically Collection: Camille a Faure

Camille a Faure
CAMILLE A FAURE French scientist, noted for his improvement of the electric storage battery, making possible electrically powered vehicles. Date: CIRCA 1880

Background imageElectrically Collection: Baker Inserting Loaves

Baker Inserting Loaves
A French baker inserting loaves into an electrically- heated oven Date: 1904

Background imageElectrically Collection: New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London - Unique Moving Wall

New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London - Unique Moving Wall
New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London with its unique Moving Wall opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1956

Background imageElectrically Collection: Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways

Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways
A hospital on wheels, the invalid saloons on the London and North Western Railway. Special thick flooring was used to deaden the vibrations and noise from the patient


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