Electrical Collection (page 5)

William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle
5310063 William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle)

Turbines on the Portrush railway, Ireland
5311972 Turbines on the Portrush railway, Ireland; (add.info.: Engraving depicting turbines on the Portrush railway, Ireland. This was the first railway to be powered by hydroelectricity)

Illustration showing Cooke and Wheatstone's double-needle telegraph. The Cooke
5311520 Illustration showing Cooke and Wheatstone's double-needle telegraph. The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system dating from the 1830s invented by English

Illustration showing Cooke and Wheatstone's single-needle telegraph. The Cooke
5311519 Illustration showing Cooke and Wheatstone's single-needle telegraph. The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system dating from the 1830s invented by English

19th century illustration showing an apparatus to create an electrical charge used by John Peter Gassiot
5311501 19th century illustration showing an apparatus to create an electrical charge used by John Peter Gassiot. Gassiot FRS (1797 - 1877); English businessman and amateur scientist

An engraving depicting Luigi Galvani investigating the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity
5311438 An engraving depicting Luigi Galvani investigating the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity. Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher

An engraving depicting an electric time-ball fitted on the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh, 19th century
5311160 An engraving depicting an electric time-ball fitted on the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1853); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting a double-needle telegraph used in the House of Parliament
5311158 An engraving depicting a double-needle telegraph used in the House of Parliament. The letters of the alphabet and a variety of conventional signals indicated by single

An engraving depicting the first successful electric railway by Siemens and Halske at the Industrial Exhibition
5310677 An engraving depicting the first successful electric railway by Siemens and Halske at the Industrial Exhibition, Berlin (1879)

Engraving depicting Charles Wheatstone's relay, which enabled the electric telegraph to be used over long distances
5309438 Engraving depicting Charles Wheatstone's relay, which enabled the electric telegraph to be used over long distances; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Charles Wheatstone's relay)

Engraving depicting an electrical vermin trap
5309335 Engraving depicting an electrical vermin trap; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an electrical vermin trap. Bait hung inside the round wire cage; vermin would touch the live wire)

Alarming invasion of privacy, 1890
3479186 Alarming invasion of privacy, 1890; (add.info.: Alarming invasion of privacy by a wrong connection on the video-phone. Dated 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Frame and insulators on a Parisian rooftop, 1890
3479172 Frame and insulators on a Parisian rooftop, 1890; (add.info.: Frame and insulators on a Parisian rooftop being fitted with telephone lines. From George Barlett Prescott)

Magneto-eclectic telegraph, 1850
3479162 Magneto-eclectic telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Making the submarine magneto-eclectic telegraph between Britain and Ireland. Circa 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Telephone apparatus, 1891
3479396 Telephone apparatus, 1891; (add.info.: Telephone apparatus used by New York subscribers. This used an Edison transmitter and a pony-crown receiver (lower right of picture)

Homacoustic speaking tube, 1892
3479336 Homacoustic speaking tube, 1892; (add.info.: The homacoustic speaking tube. This model had both mouthpiece and earpiece which made it unnecessary to change position when speaking or listening)

Ader-Bell telephone, 1883
3479332 Ader-Bell telephone, 1883; (add.info.: Ader-Bell telephone - Pillar model. From Louis Figuier Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science, Paris, 1883.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ader's telephone, 1883
3479326 Ader's telephone, 1883; (add.info.: Transmitter of Ader's telephone, From Louis Figuier Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science, Paris, 1883.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Telephone wires, 1887
3479312 Telephone wires, 1887; (add.info.: Telephone wires became more and more of a nuisance as the number of subscribers increased. 8th January 1887.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Condenser telephone, 1890
3479297 Condenser telephone, 1890; (add.info.: Condenser telephone: Experiment in which insulating handles of a medical electrical machine used as a telephone)

Switchboard telephone exchange, 1885
3479292 Switchboard telephone exchange, 1885; (add.info.: Male shown operating a Switchboard at a telephone exchange. Used to connect two callers together. Dated 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ader-Bell telephone, 1890
3479286 Ader-Bell telephone, 1890; (add.info.: The Ader-Bell telephone, used in France. B, B, were receivers, and behind the panel was a microphone. Dated 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Gower-bell telephone, 1892
3479285 Gower-bell telephone, 1892; (add.info.: Detailed view of the Gower-bell telephone, dated 1892. Created by Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Berliner's central communtator, 1890
3479270 Berliner's central communtator, 1890; (add.info.: Berliner's central communtator, based on Schweitzer's apparatus used to serve 25 telephone subscribers)

Ader's Fanfare, 1889
3479266 Ader's Fanfare, 1889; (add.info.: Ader's Fanfare: detailed view of the receiver. Demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ader's Fanfare, 1889
3479264 Ader's Fanfare, 1889; (add.info.: Ader's Fanfare, demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1891
3479255 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1891; (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone. vibrations of the diaphragm of the transmitter caused light pulses to fall on a light)

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1891
3479250 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1891; (add.info.: Bell's speaking photo phone vibration of the diaphragm at L caused pulses of light to be transmitted to the receiver s)

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1891
3479249 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1891; (add.info.: Transmitter of Bell's Photo phone: vibrations of the diaphragm at the end of the mouthpiece tube caused pulses of light to be)

Bell's photo phone, 1880
3479247 Bell's photo phone, 1880; (add.info.: The transmitter of Bell's photo phone: vibrations of the diaphragm D, at the end of the mouthpiece tube)

Bell telephone, 1878
3479239 Bell telephone, 1878; (add.info.: Using a Bell telephone, here with a separate transmitter and receiver. Thomas Edison, dated 1878.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Landing the submarine telegraph cable, 1869
3479168 Landing the submarine telegraph cable, 1869; (add.info.: Landing the submarine telegraph cable at St Mary's Isles of Scilly. The cables was from Lands End, Cornwall, to St Mary's)

Pick-up on long-playing record, 1850
3479957 Pick-up on long-playing record, 1850; (add.info.: Pick-up on long-playing record. The tiny point of the stylus (needle) is here seen entering one of the micro-grooves

Gustav Kirchhoff
3078208 Gustav Kirchhoff; (add.info.: Portrait of Gustav Kirchhoff (1824-1887) a German physicist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Energy: Melloni's thermopile, c.1830. c.1900 (chromo)
2636208 Energy: Melloni's thermopile, c.1830. c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Macedonion Melloni's thermopile)

Nikola Tesla
3586134 Nikola Tesla; (add.info.: Photograph of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist

Nikola Tesla
3586133 Nikola Tesla; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist

The submarine salvage vessel Argonaut, 1850
3359195 The submarine salvage vessel Argonaut, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the submarine salvage vessel Argonaut designed by Simon Lake of Baltimore)

Science. Energy. Hydroelectric station in Lyon. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434906 Science. Energy. Hydroelectric station in Lyon. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences)

Electrical clock, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790160 Electrical clock, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: Electrical clock : boy in bed waking up, illustration from History of electricity in France, early 20th century); Photo © CCI

Explosives in mines, c.1900 (chromo)
1790154 Explosives in mines, c.1900 (chromo); (add.info.: remote electrical explosives blast-off used in the mines, illustration from History of electricity in France)

Lighting of Tottenham Court Road, London, by electricity (litho)
8672087 Lighting of Tottenham Court Road, London, by electricity (litho) by Prout, Victor William (1862-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lighting of Tottenham Court Road, London)

Photocard, 1930s: Niagara Falls (coloured photo)
8671644 Photocard, 1930s: Niagara Falls (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Niagara Falls)

Kirkstall Power Station, Leeds (b/w photo)
8672651 Kirkstall Power Station, Leeds (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kirkstall Power Station, Leeds, Yorkshire)

Magnetic Field of Bar Magnet (litho)
8669600 Magnetic Field of Bar Magnet (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Magnetic Field of Bar Magnet)

How films are made: Battery of Cameras (colour litho)
8660291 How films are made: Battery of Cameras (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battery of Cameras)

Modern Wonders, 1938: Cleaning Air by Electricity (colour photo)
8659915 Modern Wonders, 1938: Cleaning Air by Electricity (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cleaning Air by Electricity)

Modern Wonders, 1938: Giant Electric Shovel (colour photo)
8659903 Modern Wonders, 1938: Giant Electric Shovel (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giant Electric Shovel)

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