Electricity Collection (page 2)

Electricity Council appliance testing lab, Leatherhead
Electricity 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

Industry Industrial Power Station 1960 1960s
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Foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, Scotland
A view of the turbine hall foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, Scotland, showing the first reactor building in the background

Bankside Power Station, South London
Side 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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Elevated train to take visitors around the exhibition. Date: May - October 1893

GALVANI AND FROG
He discovers the existence of animal electricity in an experiment on a recently dead frog Date: 20 September 1786

Electrical insulator factory
Factory producing ceramic insulators used in National Grid power transmission. Date: circa 1950s

Electric Lighting in Library of William Armstrong
Electric Lighting in the Library of the residence (Cragside) of Industrialist William Armstrong (Swan Lighting). 1881

Electric Lighting in Home of Industrialist William Armstrong
Electric Lighting in the rsidece (Cragside) of Industrialist William Armstrong (Swan Lighting). 1881

Views in the midwest and Kentucky
Settlers in a waggon traveling to the western states 79, settlers building a log cabin 80, and view of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky 81. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Behind the scenes at the London Hippodrome
Mr Hawkins, the electrical engineer in the switch-room of the London Hippodrome, which was situated behind the stage and exclusively used for lighting that part of the building. 1904

Cartoon, Miss Harriet Laurie, The Electric Star
Cartoon, Miss Harriet Laurie (singer and dancer), The Electric Star. 1885

Advert, James Gray & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for James Gray & Son, Stove and Grate Makers, Kitchen Ranges, Electric Light Fittings, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Pneumatic machine and batteries
Pneumatic machine 3, and batteries 1, 2. Physique: Pile a auge, pile a colonnes, machine pneumatique. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Electrometers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London

Electrical configurations, 18th century
Electrical configurations caused by charges on metal powder, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Electrical experiments, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Electricity Generating Station, Poplar, East London
Electricity Generating Station, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, East London, fitted with Kinnear metal rolling shutters. Date: circa 1930s

Electric airship at Exposition of Electricity, Paris, 1881
Electric airship on display at the International Exposition of Electricity, Palais de l Industrie, Champs Elysees, Paris, France. Date: 1881

Woman making puppets dance using electricity 1885
Woman making puppets dance using electricity. Date: 1885

Grand procession with Edisons electric lamps, New York, USA
Grand procession lit by Edisons electric lamps, worn on the head, in a New York street, USA. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, New York
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, in a grand procession in New York, USA, 31 October 1884. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, Philadelphia
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, and handing out prospectuses at the Philadelphia Exhibition, USA. Date: 1885

Electric cab causing consternation in a Paris street 1899
Electric cab causing consternation in a Paris street. Date: 1899

Electric cab in a Paris street, taking a passenger to the railway station. Date: 1896

Electric cab charging depot, Rue Cardinet, Paris, France
Electric cab charging depot in the Rue Cardinet, Paris, France. Date: 1899

Electric cars, Clement factory, Levallois-Perret, Paris 1898
Electric cars being charged at the Clement factory, Levallois-Perret, Paris. Date: 1898

Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street 1897
Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street. 1897

The improved Dynamometer of M Regnier. Date: 1803

The Galvanic Apparatus. Date: 1804

Electrical Apparatus - No. 2. Date: 1804

Electrical Apparatus - No. 1. Date: 1804

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor and businessman, who has been described as Americas greatest inventor

Advert for Reyrolle electric plug & sockets 1929
Safe to handle, domestic electrical apparatus, protected plug and sockets, made with British standard. Date: 1929

Electric kettle connected to the ceiling light 1902
Two victorian couples seated at the dining room table with a hot cup of tea, from a kettle connected to the ceiling light. 1902

The Peak of Perfection, British Electricity 1948
The Peak of Perfection. The Switch Family Robinson. Advert for British Electricity in 1948 suggesting ways people can reduce their electricity usage, including turning off the electric fire

Blackout, meal by candlelight, 1949
Once again the victims of an unofficial strike: the long-suffering public. Recalling the inconveniences of the long wartime blackout

Advert for Mappin & Webb warming dishes 1906
Selection of tableware, muffin dishes, breakfast dish, gadroon mounts and dish warmer with aluminium top. Date: 1906

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman attaches sensors to a patient. Date: 1972

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman in an office operates a telex machine. Date: 1972

Biomedical centre, London -- a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones while a woman operates a machine in the room beyond. Date: 1972

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman operates a machine while a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones. Date: 1972

Horse doping tests in a laboratory, Newmarket
Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat turns a knob on a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, used for testing samples at the Horse Doping Test Centre in Newmarket

DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY
Before mains electricity became available, those who could afford it installed their own electricity power plants, generally in the cellar, as here. Date: 1885

ELECTRICITY DANGERS
A series of illustrations illustrating the care that should be taken when using electricity during the course of daily life. Date: early 20th century

ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME
A cutaway drawing illustrating the Marvels of the Electric Home, showing how electric heat, light and power are changing domestic life. Date: 1926

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