Electricity Collection (page 5)

Edison Storage Battery Train, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Edison Storage Battery Train, 1912.

Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham, 1865. Official drawings '...by Mr. P

Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: blowing-up of the Terpsichore by a 75-pounder, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: blowing-up of the Terpsichore by a 75-pounder, 1865. 'Preparations were now made for destroying the Terpsichore, 18-gun sailing-frigate

The International Naval Festival at Cherbourg: illumination of the French ironclad Magenta, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Cherbourg: illumination of the French ironclad Magenta - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: explosion of a 440-pounder, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: explosion of a 440-pounder, 1865. '...Mr. Donald M'Kay, the extensive shipowner

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Power-generating windmill turbines are seen on 50km south of Goulburn, Monday, October 30, 2023. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

Rainy Day
Tal Paz-Fridman

Electricity Plant
Tal Paz-Fridman

Crossroads
Tal Paz-Fridman

The Pink Half
Tal Paz-Fridman

clashes of generations
Radek Pohnan

This Mechanized Age, 1937: Electric Melting Furnace (colour litho)
8657537 This Mechanized Age, 1937: Electric Melting Furnace (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electric Melting Furnace)

Safety device controlling the doors of a lift (b/w photo)
8626053 Safety device controlling the doors of a lift (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Safety device controlling the doors of a lift)

An electric tramway in Berlin in 1886 (engraving)
8766921 An electric tramway in Berlin in 1886 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: An electric tramway in Berlin in 1886 ( From Charlottemburg to Spandau ) 1886); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Model of cyclotron, particle accelerator, invented by Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901-1958)
AIS5378122 Model of cyclotron, particle accelerator, invented by Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901-1958) and Milton Stanley Livingston (1905-1986) in 1931 (metal object); Science Museum, London

Generators at the Factories of the Paris Subway, generators, c.1920 (b/w photo)
XIR253009 Generators at the Factories of the Paris Subway, generators, c.1920 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plants du metropolitain de Paris)

An electrically powered submarine designed by D L Tuch
5311824 An electrically powered submarine designed by D L Tuch; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an electrically powered submarine designed by D. L)

An engraving depicting a corridor engine. Portable electrically powered fire extinguisher by Merryweather's
5311363 An engraving depicting a corridor engine. Portable electrically powered fire extinguisher by Merryweather's Greenwich. The cylinder held 120 litres

Leon Foucault's machine for producing a current
5310261 Leon Foucault's machine for producing a current; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Leon Foucault's machine for producing a current in a copper plate C)

An electric lighting installed by Sir Charles Siemens
5311990 An electric lighting installed by Sir Charles Siemens; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an electric lighting installed by Sir Charles Siemens at the Rio Tinto copper mines, Spain)

Pulvermacher's chain
5311895 Pulvermacher's chain; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Pulvermacher's chain: the patient would hold the handles of the zinc/copper/zinc chain, each link of which was wound round wood)

The application of an electric shock treatment to the shoulders of a patient
5311891 The application of an electric shock treatment to the shoulders of a patient; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the application of an electric shock treatment to the shoulders of a patient)

Model of electromagnetic motor invented by Charles Wheatstone. 1840s (object)
UIG5430153 Model of electromagnetic motor invented by Charles Wheatstone. 1840s (object); Dorling Kindersley/UIG

Advertisement for an epilating machine using the electrolytic system to ensure permanent hair removal around 1910
FGL5503612 Advertisement for an epilating machine using the electrolytic system to ensure permanent hair removal around 1910 (print); Fototeca Gilardi

Punch's vision of how electricity would overthrow all other forms of lighting, 19th century
5308856 Punch's vision of how electricity would overthrow all other forms of lighting, 19th century; (add.info.: Punch's vision of how electricity would overthrow all other forms of lighting)

Edison's electromagnetic ore sorter
5310266 Edison's electromagnetic ore sorter; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Edison's electromagnetic ore sorter. Particles of ore are placed in hopper at the top)

Battery-powered carbon arc lamp, being demonstrated outside the National Gallery
5309956 Battery-powered carbon arc lamp, being demonstrated outside the National Gallery; (add.info.: W.E. Staite's battery-powered carbon arc lamp)

Engraving depicting an electroplating bath with part of the side cut-away to arrangement of items to be silver plated
5309409 Engraving depicting an electroplating bath with part of the side cut-away to arrangement of items to be silver plated; (add.info)

The Place de la Concorde
5311722 The Place de la Concorde; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Place de la Concorde, Paris, lit by a carbon arc lamp. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A galvanometer shown here operated by a simple wet cell
5311728 A galvanometer shown here operated by a simple wet cell; (add.info.: 19th century drawing of a galvanometer shown here operated by a simple wet cell. 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting an electric telegraph station fitted with Breguet equipment, 19th century
5311340 An engraving depicting an electric telegraph station fitted with Breguet equipment, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1874); Universal History Archive/UIG

B.D. Taplin and Co's Lincoln Traction Engine, 1862
7125121 B.D. Taplin and Co's Lincoln Traction Engine, 1862; (add.info.: B.D. Taplin and Co's Lincoln Traction Engine, 1862)

Goods locomotive, 1862
7125202 Goods locomotive, 1862; (add.info.: Goods locomotive built for the Midland Railway Company by William Fairbairn & Sons)

Interior of Pierhead Station, Liverpool Docks (engraving)
8631498 Interior of Pierhead Station, Liverpool Docks (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior of Pierhead Station)

Swing bridge over the entrance to Stanley Dock, Liverpool Docks (engraving)
8631493 Swing bridge over the entrance to Stanley Dock, Liverpool Docks (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Swing bridge over the entrance to Stanley Dock)

Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (colour litho)
8655463 Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (colour litho) by Lenbach, Franz Seraph von (1836-1904) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Werner von Siemens (1816-1892)

The electric light, Arc du Carrousel (engraving)
8636431 The electric light, Arc du Carrousel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The electric light, Arc du Carrousel)

James Clerk Maxwell's great experiment, 19th Century (litho)
8673170 James Clerk Maxwell's great experiment, 19th Century (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Clerk Maxwell's great experiment)

Old King Coal, the universal provider (litho)
8676260 Old King Coal, the universal provider (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old King Coal, the universal provider. Coal, how it is formed and used)

The wonder that is electricity (litho)
8676245 The wonder that is electricity (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The wonder that is electricity)

Fowey, Battery and Polruan Tower (b/w photo)
8665085 Fowey, Battery and Polruan Tower (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fowey, Battery and Polruan Tower)

Ideal Magnetic Field for Bar Magnet (litho)
8668947 Ideal Magnetic Field for Bar Magnet (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal Magnetic Field for Bar Magnet)

United States, Louisiana: Port lights up the night for the first time with electric lamps, New Orleans (New Orleans)
NWI4965728 United States, Louisiana: Port lights up the night for the first time with electric lamps, New Orleans (New Orleans), 1880

American daily life: young woman reading by the fireplace fire, in a rocking chair, in the Victorian era, around 1800
NWI4885193 American daily life: young woman reading by the fireplace fire, in a rocking chair, in the Victorian era, around 1800

Daily life: fun of American youth, night bath in summer, lit by electric light, on Coney Island Beach, New York
NWI4884703 Daily life: fun of American youth, night bath in summer, lit by electric light, on Coney Island Beach, New York, circa 1880

Physicist James Clerk Maxwell
NWI4949344 Physicist James Clerk Maxwell.; (add.info.: Physicist James Clerk Maxwell.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

View of the Sechilian hydroelectric plant, Isere, 1915 (b/w photo)
ELD4937799 View of the Sechilian hydroelectric plant, Isere, 1915 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of the Sechilian hydroelectric plant (power and light plant)

Egypt, Cairo: Cook cruise, the Nile, Giza road along the electric tram line, with pyramids at the bottom
LUX4778396 Egypt, Cairo: Cook cruise, the Nile, Giza road along the electric tram line, with pyramids at the bottom. Hippomobile transport, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: Cook cruise, the Nile)

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"Unleashing the Power: A Journey Through the World of Electricity" Pylon line Norfolk UK: Standing tall, these pylons connect communities and carry the lifeblood across Norfolk's picturesque landscapes. Portishead Power Station JEH_22046_45: Once a symbol of industrial might, this power station in Portishead served as a beacon of progress, generating electricity for countless homes and businesses. Electric pylons at daybreak, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire border: As dawn breaks over the rolling hills, these majestic pylons silently transmit energy through the heartland of England, illuminating lives along their path. Ferrybridge Power Station, North Yorkshire: Rising from the horizon like giants guarding our energy needs, these towering structures have powered North Yorkshire with reliable electricity for decades. Tesla Coil - Twain: Invented by Nikola Tesla himself, this mesmerizing coil produces awe-inspiring bolts that dance and crackle with raw power in his laboratory. Sizewell Nuclear Power Stations - Past and Present: From Sizewell A's decommissioned Magnox reactor to its newer pressurized water reactor counterpart at Sizewell B, these stations have harnessed nuclear energy to provide clean electricity to Suffolk and beyond. Ordnance Survey map marked with bombing targets: During wartime adversity, even maps were used to target vital infrastructure like electrical facilities – a testament to how crucial they are in powering societies during peace or conflict. Hinkley Point 27466_007: Nestled on Somerset's coast lies Hinkley Point; its power station has been instrumental in meeting Britain's growing demand for electricity while embracing sustainable practices. England's Northumberland - Electricity Pylons against Nature’s Majesty: Amidst nature's breathtaking beauty in Northumberland stands an intricate network of pylons delivering electricity, harmoniously blending human innovation with Mother Earth's splendor.