Electricity Collection (page 5)

Tiberius Cavallo
TIBERIUS CAVALLO Italian scientist in England, noted for his work on electricity and magnetism, and for his superb instruments. Fellow of the Royal Society. Date: 1749 - 1809

Hawksbees 1st Machine
English physicist Francis Hawksbees first version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere. Date: 1706

Moderne electric fires 1939
The pride of the Swan range is the MODERNE whose striking sculptural qualities live up to its name : a handle enables easy carrying, and each bar can be switched independently. Date: 1939

Camden electric fire 1939
A choice of Camden electric fire with one or two bars : the second bar can be switched separately. Date: 1939

Electricity / Daniell Cell
DANIELL CELL Invented in 1836 by John- Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist, using zinc and copper

Electric Shock Trader
A German street entertainer offers to give you an electric shock from his machine for one schilling Date: circa 1815

Advert for toaster 1939
The " 8-30" toaster, designed to toast two slices of bread simultaneously, and with a flat top for keeping other delicacies warm. 1939

Joseph Priestley / Bromley
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, best known for his experiments with electricity and oxygen Date: 1733 - 1804

Joseph Priestley / Hopwood
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, best known for his experiments with electricity and oxygen Date: 1733 - 1804

Joseph Priestley / Angus
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, best known for his experiments with electricity and oxygen Date: 1733 - 1804

Splitting of the Atom - apparatus used by Dr J D Cockcroft
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

Electrical chafing dish 1912
Chafing-dish stand on four legs in aluminium, used for table cookery. 1912

Thomas Edison re-creates his electric lamp
Photograph showing (left to right): President Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, at the re-creation of the lamp which magically awoke the World to a new brilliance fifty years before

Artificial sunlight lamps 1929
Homesun lamps, helping with nerve weakness, insomnia and such conditions. Date: 1929

Advert for Mappin & Webb electic candelabras 1906
Fitted electric candelabras. Date: 1906

Paris Exhibition - Palace of Electricity 1900
Completing the electric star which sumounts the Palace of Electricity. Date: 1900

Telegraph lines crossing the American Great Plains
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway line, crossing the American Great Plains. Date: circa 1880

Advertisement for Rashleigh electric lamps - Sweet Sixteen. Date: 20th century

Stationery design, Hotel Britannia, Venice, Italy. circa 1890s

Stationery design, Continental Hotel, Milan, Italy. 1891

Thor 30, folding elecrtic ironer 1929
Thor 30, folding elecrtic ironer, the operator (a woman) has merely to sit in a comfortable chair, turn a switch and guide the pieces through, electrically operated

Electricity bill for resident of Lima, New York State, USA
Electricity bill for Mrs William Vary, a resident of Lima, New York State, USA. The power supplier is the Lima Honeoye Electric Light & Railroad Company, six kilowatts were consumed in May 1918

Cartoon, The electric underpants, WW1
Cartoon, The electric underpants, showing a new invention by a German scientist. Not only do the underpants keep the soldier warm in the trenches

The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Electric Cookers
The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement promoting the benefits of an Electric Cooker. Date: 1920s

Sir William Thomson - British scientist
Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907), British mathematical physicist and engineer. Date: circa 1890s

Torpedo torpedo, or eyed electric ray, also known as Common Torpedo, Ocellate Torpedo, Cramp Ray, Turpaena and Numbfish. It can deliver a strong electric shock of up to 200 volts. Date: 1862

Electricity Sub Station, Camden, London, near Highgate, County of London, England. Showing Westinghouse Generators Date: 1900s

Electric Cooker - Oven Advertising Float, Great Finborough
Electric Cooker/Oven Advertising Float, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. East Anglian Electricity Service Date: 1920s

City Light Station, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA -- an example of hydroelectric power at work. Date: circa 1909

Night view of Electric Park, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Night view of the Electric Park, an amusement park in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Date: circa 1905

Paris Universal Exhibition (Exposition Universelle) of 1900. View of the viaducts with the Trottoir Roulant (Moving walkway) named Rue de l Avenir and the Decauville Electric Railway

Fire safety -- correctly guarded electric fire
Fire safety -- a correctly guarded electric fire

The everlasting fuel, atomic power, by G. H. Davis
The everlasting fuel: atomic power replacing the consumption of hundreds of thousands of tons of coal. The probable compact layout of an atom-powered municipal electricity generating station in

By-products developed from coal by G. H. Davis
The enormous importance of coal as the basic element in vital war manufactures. A diagrammatic drawing showing a great variety of by-products developed from coal. Date: 1944

Keeping a check on fuel consumed by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: keeping a weekly check on the fuel consumed in an average household during the Second World War. Electricity and gas meters will tell you if you are keeping to your proper average

Day in the life of an average household by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: a day in the life of an average household during the Second World War. Detailing economies that need to be practised in order to keep within the limits of fuel consumption laid down

Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided

Advert for Drake & Gorham electric lighting 1914
Advertisement for Drake & Gorham Limited electric lighting, as used in country houses such as Brancepeth Castle, Eccleshall Castle, Gordon Castle, Chirk Castle and Ford Castle

Advert for Electrolux refrigerator 1928
No motor : no sound : no attention : no maintenance... Because it embodies an entirely new priniple of economical refrigeration, operating on gas or electricity and without moving parts

Russian Peasants Experience Electricity
Russian Peasants experience the first Electricity in their village in 1925. Date: 1925

Dr. Vigourouxs electro-diagnostic at La Salpetriere
Doctor Vigourouxs electro-diagnostic at La Salpetriere

The General Strike - incidents of the Strike 1926
The arrest of a woman (between two policemen in centre foreground) at Hammersmith Broadway in West London during the General Strike

The General Strike - civil constabulary reserve 1926
A unit of new recruits to the new civil constabulary reserve, equipped with steel helmets, truncheons and armlets, leaving headquarters at Buckingham Gate in London during the General Strike

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine 1849
SHjorth (1801- 1870), Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

Claude Pouillet
CLAUDE SERVAIS MATTHIEU POUILLET French physicist known for work in electricity, and statesman. Date: 1791 - 1868

Theodose Comte Moncel
THEODOSE ACHILLE LOUIS, comte du MONCEL French aristocrat who preferred science to farming and did important work in electricity and the telegraph. Date: 1821 - 1884

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - Electricity Power Plant
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto Electricity Power Plant. Date: circa 1910s

Winning Float for an Electricity Company - North East London. Date: circa 1930s

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