Electricity Collection (page 3)

ELECTRICITY IN STEAM
A Newcastle workman discovers the hard way that steam conducts electricity. Date: 1840

ELECTRICITY GENERATOR 1804
An electricity generator, connected to a battery for storing the resultant energy. Date: 1804

PRIESTLEYS BATTERY 64-cell electro-chemical battery, invented by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), English clergyman and chemist. Date: 1810

SCIENCE / WALL / LIGHTNING
Wall discovers the resemblance of electricity to lightning. Date: late 17th century

PIERRE-CHARLES LEMONNIER
Pierre-Charles Lemonnier measures the speed of atmospheric electricity in a Carthusian monastery. Recorded Uranus before its discovery as a planet. Date: 1746

DALIBARD / STORM CLOUDS
At Marly, lightning strikes as Dalibard demonstrates the presence of electricity in storm-clouds. Date: 10 May 1752

ELECTRIC SHOCK MACHINE
Put a sou in the slot, and you can give yourself an electric shock, thanks to this device thoughtfully installed on the boulevard de Sebastopol, Paris Date: 1889

ELECTRIC SHOCKS FOR FUN 1889
Shocks for fun among the fair-goers at La Villette, on the outskirts of Paris Date: 1889

Electric Shocks, Epsom 1860
Shocks for fun among the sideshows at Epsom racecourse on Derby Day Date: 1860

GALVANI FROG EXP. 2
He provokes contractions in the legs of a frog using electricity from a storm-cloud Date: early 1780s

International Electric Exhibition 1882
Interior of International Electric Exhibition at Crystal Palace, showing Edison Exhibit and Siemens chandeliers. Date: 1882

FRENCH ELECTRIC BATTERY
Batterie electrique - an early French model Date: circa 1830

WIMSHURST MACHINE
An electrostatic machine invented by James Wimshurst. Date: 1880s

RAMSDENS MACHINE
Jesse Ramsdens improved machine for generating static electricity using glass plates, the original version of which he had invented in 1768. Date: late 18th century

ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENT
A man and woman experimenting with an electrical machine Date: 1759

NOLLET MACHINE
The electrical machine of Jean-Antoine Nollet, abbe and professor of experimental physics at the University of Paris. Date: circa 1750

Sending a message over the tickertape circuit
A woman sending a message containing coffee quotations over the tickertape telegraph circuit. Date: 1891

The Fleet Illuminated by Electric Lights. Date: circa 1910s

Control room of Short S14 Sarafand, S1589, containing the switchboard for the electricity supply, telephones and engine instruments

Gas and Electric Building at Night - Denver, Colorado, USA - " The Best Lighted Building in the World" ! Date: circa 1910s

Scene in a domestic interior with children watching as a wom
Domestic interior with a family group surrounding a seated woman receiving electricity treatment for a headache, oil on canvas by David Henry Friston, c.1865-1870. Date: c.1865-1870

Voltaic pile by alessandro Volta. Colored engraving
Voltaic pile invented by the italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Colored engraving

WW2 poster, Save fuel for battle! Save coal, gas, electricity, paraffin, Ministry of Fuel and Power. Showing soldiers and ships in a battle scene. Date: circa 1944

Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745-1827). Italian physicist known for the invention of the battery in the 1800s. Oil

Anti-nuclear power demonstration, Gwithian, Cornwall
Anti-nuclear power demonstration at Gwithian, Cornwall, with a CEGB drilling rig and site office in the background. Date: 1970s

Poster, Atlas Lamps and Tubes, all the better to see with. 20th century

Belfast Electric Light and Power, Central Station - a view of an electricity station at East Bridge Street with people and horse vehicles outside

Thermo-electric battery Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-189
Thermo-electric battery, invented in 1866 by French physicist Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891). Colored engraving

Ramsden electric machine designed by Jesse Ramsden (1735-18
Ramsden electric machine used for producing electricity. It was designed by Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), English optician and astronomical and scientific instrument maker

Lithuania. Vilnius. Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine or Romanov Church, built in 1913 by I. Kolesnikov. Exterior

Thermega electric blanket 1929
Replacing the hot water bottle the Thermega electric blanket keeps the bed evenly warm. Date: 1929

Electrical household appliances 1929
Products from the Harrods catalogue electrical department, household items with a flexible wire and wall plug. Date: 1929

Paris Exhibition - Water Palace and Electricity 1900
In front of the Palace of Electricity was a huge erection of the Chateau d Eau. It formed a gigantic grotto in which a fountain of rainbow-coloured water plays incessantly, lite by over 1

Stationery design, Grand Hotel Pallanza, Italy
Stationery design, Grand Hotel Pallanza, Lake Maggiore, Italy. circa 1900

WW2 poster, Save fuel to make munitions for battle
WW2 poster, The wife who squandered the electricity -- Save fuel to make munitions for battle, designed by H M Bateman for the Ministry of Fuel and Power. Date: 1943

Didcot Power station
With the cooling towers pushing out lots of steam, the photographer captures a dramatic picture. Taken in the late 60s Date: late 1960s

Community heating by G. H. Davis
Community heating: a system which keeps an entire town warm and abolishes household drudgery. A central power station provides a day

Advert for Goblin vacuum cleaner 1948
Goblin electric vacuum cleaner, for carpets, and polished floors. 1948

Electric Power House - Petty Harbor, Newfoundland
Electric Power House - Flume & pipe line - Petty Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada. The first hydroelectric generating station (Petty Harbour Generating Station) in Newfoundland and Labrador

Advertising postcard for Philips Lightbulbs of Eindhoven, Holland. Date: 1910

1920s frigidaire

Electric Train carriage - Egypt
Electric Train used to travel to Cairo, Egypt direct from Heliopolis. The writer of this card praises the comfort of the ride

Charles Dufay, French chemist and scholar
Charles Francois de Cisternay Dufay (Du Fay), French chemist, scholar, and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi. He discovered the existence of electric charges

Electric Vampire
THE ELECTRIC VAMPIRE (F H Power) - insect produced by electricity (based on Crosses experiments) The monster claims a victim

Telegraph lines crossing the Great Plains of America
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway track at a remote station on the Great Plains of America

Corner Palace of Electricity - St. Louis Worlds Fair, USA
The Illuminated Corner Palace of Electricity (at night) - St. Louis Worlds Fair, Missouri, USA. Date: 1904

Tabby kitten with light bulb
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten holding on tightly to a light bulb, probably inside a standard lamp. 1950s

Water and Electricity Works, Eksjo, Jonkoping, Sweden. Date: circa 1904

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