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
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1895Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1895
Miners working at the coalface, South WalesTwo miners, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a coal seam in South Wales
Lucas Lamps AdvertA fabulous advertisement for Lucas Lamps We Make Light of our labour
TILLY LAMPA Model X 246 Storm Lantern Tilley Lamp. Date: 1960s
Miner at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, CornwallMiner at work with a drill underground (below the sea) in Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, which was just about to cease operation. Date: circa 1986
Fairy RevelsEnchanting illustration showing fairies dancing in a ring underneath a toadstool while pixies, elves and sprites watch and hold lamps. c.1925
Thames Embankment / GasThe Thames Embankment, London, on a foggy evening - the lamplighter just lighting the gas lamps
Men playing billiards in a club. Date: circa 1910s
Safety Lamps / 1826Diagrams showing the workings of Stephensons Lamp (1 - 4), and Davys Lamp (5, on the right)
Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, ScotlandView of Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland. Bell Rock is also known as the Inchcape Rock (made famous by a poem by Robert Southey)
Open gas street light at Kings CrossA street view with an open gas street light in the foreground, two high walls to either side of the road, a man walking, traffic on the road
Embankment / Lantern SlideA woman walking along the Embankment on a rainy night with a full moon 1910
Draughtsmen at workDraughtsmen prepare technical drawings for an electronic wiring system, in a large open plan room, with plenty of essential natural light. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Henrik Ibsen / Home / OsloHENRIK IBSEN Norwegian dramatist in his study at his home in Oslo
Cleopatras Needle / SlideCleopatras Needle on the Embankment by night
Glass Blowing 1930SA female glass worker blows glass for use in lamps, chemistry equipment, etc
The Embankment at Night - Base of Cleopatras NeedleThe Embankment at Night - Sphinx at the base of Cleopatras Needle. Date: circa 1910s
The Five Lamps, Thornaby, YorkshireThe Five Lamps, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, near Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England. Showing Tram Date: 1910s
Marks & Spencer FrontThe elegant shop front of a branch of Marks & Spencer Ltd. Date: circa 1910
Advertisement for Aladdin safety paraffin mantle lamp from Aladdin Industries Ltd. of Aladdin House, South Street, London. Date: c.1924
Albion charabanc, Haverfordwest, South WalesA group of people on a choir outing in an Albion solid tyred charabanc outside Morses Refreshment Rooms in Dew Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Big Ben / Lantern SlideBig Ben and the Houses of Parliament
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896A selection of Victorian household items; twin oil and vinegar bottles, solid silver candlestick holders, ornate mounted hair brush, cut crystal scent bottle, chased silver lamp with burner
Interior of the Turkish Baths, Beirut, Lebanon Date: circa 1910s
Fossil trees in coal mineFossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870
Wellington Inn and The Shambles, Manchester Date: circa 1906
Embankment and River Thames, LondonView of the Embankment and River Thames, London, on a misty day, with traffic crossing a bridge. circa 1940s
Tunisia - Arab BazaarTunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns
Mining Safety LampsSafety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine
Thames / Lantern SlideThames wharves by night Date: 1910
Advert, William Suggs Patent Gas BurnersAdvert, William Suggs Celebrated Patent Gas Burners, Vincent Works, Vincent Street, Westminster, London. 1880
Trafalgar Square, London on a foggy night - the neon lights on the circular dome of the Coliseum Theatre on St. Martins Lane can be seen peeking out over the distant rooftops beyond
Football after dark: a match on the first association groundPlaying with a specially made white chrome ball, lit by powerful electric lamps on thirty masts: ladies football teams on the Burnley cricket club ground during a match
Journalists Type CopyJournalists at the Daily Mail type up copy
Billiards champion with trophyBilliards champion with the trophy he has won. Date: circa 1910s
Milton / Comus / Stars 1634the Stars That nature hung in Heav n, and fill d their Lamps with everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely Travailer. Date: First published : 1634
Brookes and Whites Clubs, London 1796Wealthy gentlemen patronise the exclusive Brookes (Whig) and White s(Tory) Clubs, at Pall Mall, London. Brookes is shown on the right
A Happy Party of Little Motorists. Six young children are taken for a spin in an open-top car. They are all wrapped up warm against the elements. Date: circa 1905
An operation screened live in a medical lectureAn invention by Mr Herbert A. Silver enabling medical students to watch surgery from the lecture theatre. A circle of electric lamps is suspended over the operating table while the image is projected
Osram Light & FamilyAdvertisement for Osram lamps - Twenty hours for one penny
M Orr / Aladdin Buys LampNew lamps for old
Westminster / Lantern SlidA view of Westminster by night
W minster Bridge / LanternWestminster Bridge Street by night
Mining safety lamps
Miners safety lamps Victorian period
Lighting the Lamps, Jewish Sabbath Eve - The Family Friend magazine March 1874 Date: 1874
Cock Tavern, Great Portland Street / Margaret Street cornerThe Cock Tavern - Great Portland Street / Margaret Street corner, London. Publican - Fred Spear. Date: 1910
