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Tesla Coil - TwainTESLAs COIL Author Mark Twain holds a loop over a resonating coil : high- tension current passes through his body before it brings the lamps to incandescence
WW2 poster, Don t be fuel-ishWW2 poster, The worker who left the lights on -- Don t be fuel-ish. Wasted electricity means less fuel to make the weapons we need for victory
Calder Hall Power StnCalder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumbria, England, Britains first, it opened in 1956. The first in the world to produce electricity on a commercial scale. Closed 2003
Electricity / Voltaic PileVOLTAIC PILE The first workable device for generating a consistent flow of electricity, invented in 1799 by Alessandro Volta
National Electric GridPart of Britains National Grid, this is the sub-station at Yoker, near Glasgow, Scotland. The tower is 90 metres tall and carries the lines across the Clyde
Stationery, Hotel Royal Grande Bretagne, Florence, Italy. 1890s
Incandescent giant lamp, model of the Edison type bulb. ExpoIncandescent giant lamp, twelve feet high, mounted on a pedestal crowned by a model of the Edison type bulb, increased 20, 000 times
AEESA refrigeratorFirst electric refrigerator produced in Spain by AEESA brand (Anglo-Espanola de Electricidad SA). 50 s. Colored
Duncan Watson & CoAn advertisement from 1909 advertising electricity as the cheapest light in the country house.1d will provide 100 candle power for one hour
Batteries Charged Here signA tin/alloy sign advertising Exide batteries, mentioning that batteries can be Charged Here. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
The General Strike - Government leadersGovernment leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3
Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricityA lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials
Tesla Coil - DischargeTESLAs COIL here used to discharge electricity from the earth; due to the photos long exposure the separate flashes appear as though they come in one burst
Fishing boat and Dungeness Power StationA wooden fishing boat on the pebble beach at Dungeness. Dungeness A nuclear power station, now decommissioned in the background Date: 1990
Electricity Sub-station Transformer, England. Date: 1900s
Rhayader, Wales - Craig-y-alt-Goch damCraig-y-alt-Goch dam, in the Elan Valley, Rhayader, Wales. The reservoir supplies water to Birmingham - 80 miles away! Date: circa 1920s
Mr Bernacchi at workMr Bernacchi, a member of the British 1901-4 polar expedition, at work with an electrometer
Tractor PloughingA tractor ploughing over autumn stubble beneath ominous electricity grid pylons on a farm in Suffolk, England
Punch / Infant ElectricityKing Steam and King Coal wonder what the Infant Electricity will grow into
Joule / Electricity TestJames Prescott Joule, English physicist, measures the rate at which heat is produced by an electric current. The joule, a unit of work or energy, is named after him
Hawksbees 2nd MachineEnglish physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere
Edison / Electricity / NYEDISONs NEW YORK PLANT The central electrical plant of the Edison Company at New York
Electric Rail DinnerStill another use for electricity: a miniature railway that brings food from the pantry to the table, removing the need for contact with troublesome servants
Electricity OerstedThe Danish scientist Christian Oersted observes the link between electricty and magnetism, enabling him to develop electro-magnetism leading to modern machines
Electricity RamsdenJesse Ramsden of London demonstrates his improvement on Guerickes electric machine, replacing the sphere by a rotating disc
Electrical dischargers and doublers, 18th centuryElectrical dischargers and doublers, including Tiberius Cavallos multiplier, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Comic Postcard - Greyhound Racing - The hares run by electricity, Bill Is it? I wish they d give the blinkin dorg I backed a few shocks then!. Date: 1926
Paris Expo 1900, Palace of Electricity, France
Palace of Electricity, Paris Exposition, France - 1900
Puerta del Sol, circa 1900, by Enrique Martinez CubellsEnrique Martinez Cubells (1874-1947). Spanish painter. Puerta del Sol, circa 1900. History Museum. Madrid. Spain
Hastings Harbour, Sussex, with ferry, and an advertisement for electricity - clean, convenient, healthy. (2 of 2) Date: 1936
Electric Cab, London. Date: circa 1910s
The Paris exhibition at night. The Exposition Universally of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France
Wicket Drying MachineA new machine for drying wickets being tried out at Lord's cricket ground. Running off electricity, it dries the wickets with a current of hot air. Date: 1931
RMS Queen Mary, miles of protected cablingRMS Queen Mary, some of the 4, 000 miles of protected cabling Date: 1930s
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Australian General Electric AdvertisementAn advertisement illustration for Australian General Electric Co, with bases in Sydney and Melbourne. Image shows a red lamp, blasting light into a living room
Advert, Dr Lowder's Magneto-Electric BatteryAdvert, bizarre medical device, Dr Lowder's Magneto-Electric Battery Date: 1889
Mammoth Edison Lamp, Paris Exhibition of 1889Mammoth Edison Lamp, United States Section of Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1889 Date: 1889
Edison Electric Lighting, Paris Exhibition of 1889Edison Electric Lighting, United States Section of Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1889 Date: 1889
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CEGB linesmen doing maintenance work, KentCEGB (Central Electricity Generating Board) linesmen doing routine maintenance work on the Supergrid transmission line between Northfleet and Canterbury, 24 July 1961
Electricity Council appliance testing lab, LeatherheadElectricity Council appliance testing laboratories, Leatherhead, Surrey. A new extension was opened on 16 May 1969. Showing the Housecraft Department
Calder Hall Atomic Power Station, Cumbria, the first power station in the world to generate electricity on an industrial scale from nuclear energy, which opened in 1956
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Foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, ScotlandA view of the turbine hall foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, Scotland, showing the first reactor building in the background
Bankside Power Station, South LondonSide view of Bankside Power Station, an oil-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, London, 30 April 1975. The power station generated electricity from 1952 to 1981
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