Coil Collection

Tesla Coil - Twain
TESLAs 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

Kelloways Stone

Moth proboscis, SEM
Moth proboscis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the coiled proboscis of a moth (order Lepidoptera). The proboscis is an elongated part of the mouth

Science / Tesla
Working in America, Nikola Tesla develops his induction coil, producing light from a transformer using alternating current. Date: 1895

IUD contraceptive and sperm cells. Computer artwork of an intrauterine device (IUD, red and white, centre) in a womans uterus, surrounded by sperm cells (white, not to scale)

Tesla Coil - Discharge
TESLAs COIL here used to discharge electricity from the earth; due to the photos long exposure the separate flashes appear as though they come in one burst

Campbell standard of mutual inductance. Mr A. Campbell designed this standard of mutual inductance in 1907-8. Two single-layer copper coils (upper and lower centre)

Dog. Cocker Spaniel puppy (7 weeks old ) Black & white, sitting / laying on a pile of rope Dog. Cocker Spaniel puppy (7 weeks old ) Black & white, sitting / laying on a pile of rope

Woman from Kayan tribe wearing traditional brass neck rings, near Loikaw District, Kayah State, Myanmar

Close-up portrait of senior Kayan woman wearing traditional brass neck rings, near Loikaw District, Kayah State, Myanmar

Bobby Charlton answers the telephone at home in Flixton, Manchester, as he is helped by his three year old daughter Suzanne (right) and 15 month old Andrea (left)

Jacob Rees- Mogg, aged 12. Picture shows a young Jacob Rees- Mogg, one of Britians youngest shareholders. He is pictured at home

An engraving depicting an apparatus for demonstrating induction by the motion of a coil, 19th century
5311348 An engraving depicting an apparatus for demonstrating induction by the motion of a coil, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

Illustration depicting a Galvanometer showing magnet and rotating coil. A galvanometer is an electromechanical
5311474 Illustration depicting a Galvanometer showing magnet and rotating coil. A galvanometer is an electromechanical instrument used for detecting and indicating electric current

Engraving depicting a sectional view of a steam-heated brick boiler used in soap making
5309397 Engraving depicting a sectional view of a steam-heated brick boiler used in soap making; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a sectional view of a steam-heated brick boiler used in soap making)

Early transformers
5310265 Early transformers; (add.info.: Engraving depicting early transformers: Left, Faraday's first (1831) model, based on a drawing in his notebooks

View of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. From Felix de Azara's Voyages in America Meridionale
FLO4721743 View of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. From Felix de Azara's Voyages in America Meridionale. Copperplate engraving by dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni

Vaksala Church, near Uppsala, Sweden, 12th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio
FLO4623086 Vaksala Church, near Uppsala, Sweden, 12th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

A coil being used to give therapeutic shocks to a patient
5311890 A coil being used to give therapeutic shocks to a patient; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a coil being used to give therapeutic shocks to a patient in a saline bath)

British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British wiring parties in rain, Sept 1916. British soldiers taking unbarbed concertina wire to the forward area, near Hamel, September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme in World War I

The Beauty of Wood
Elizabeth Allen

Early Motor Cars - diagram of first petrol-driven car
Early Motor Cars - diagram of the workings of the first petrol-driven car

The sun god Ra in his solar barque, protected by the coils of a serpent
XIR141759 The sun god Ra in his solar barque, protected by the coils of a serpent, from the Tomb of Seti I (1394-1279 BC) New Kingdom (painted limestone) by Egyptian 19th Dynasty (c.1292-1187 BC)

God Shiva Nude Pose, Miniature Painting on Paper
3609783 God Shiva Nude Pose, Miniature Painting on Paper by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Lord Shiva Shanker Miniature Painting on Paper
3609889 Lord Shiva Shanker Miniature Painting on Paper by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

God Shiva in Ardnarees Wear Roop, Miniature Painting on Paper
3609785 God Shiva in Ardnarees Wear Roop, Miniature Painting on Paper by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Lord Shiva Shanker Parvati Miniature Painting on Paper
3609895 Lord Shiva Shanker Parvati Miniature Painting on Paper by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Rajrajeswer (Lord Shiva Shanker) Miniature Painting on Paper
3609896 Rajrajeswer (Lord Shiva Shanker) Miniature Painting on Paper by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Lord Shiva Shanker Miniature Painting on Paper
3609891 Lord Shiva Shanker Miniature Painting on Paper by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

stand
Dedy Gunawan

Cunard Line, carved oak rampant lion by Gerry Holzman
Cunard Line, superb and highly impressive carved oak Cunard Line rampant Lion holding a globe aloft and stood upon a coil of rope by Gerry Holzman as signed to the underside G HOLZMAN 69

Workmen
An illustration which shows a procession of workmen crossing a crude platform which bridges an intimidating gap below. A man with a wheelbarrow filled with rubble leads the group, behind which

Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H. M.s Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North
Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H.M.S Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North America

Messrs Glasse and Elliott's Atlantic Telegraph Cable Works yard at East Greenwich, London. The 1, 250 tons of telegraphic cable being laid out in five coils to go on-board the H.M.S

The Tiger and the Boa Constrictor, 1835 (w / c on paper)
CH257839 The Tiger and the Boa Constrictor, 1835 (w/c on paper) by Zotl, Aloys (1831-87); 43.2x54 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal, welding the Coil (engraving)
1620179 Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal, welding the Coil (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The late President McKinley, Scenes at Milburn House, Buffalo, during the Presidents Illness (b / w photo)
1628360 The late President McKinley, Scenes at Milburn House, Buffalo, during the Presidents Illness (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Rontgen Rays in War (b / w photo)
1063907 Rontgen Rays in War (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rontgen Rays in War)

Practical Scientific Inventions (engraving)
1099868 Practical Scientific Inventions (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Practical Scientific Inventions)

The Atlantic Cable (engraving)
2785728 The Atlantic Cable (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Atlantic Cable)

The transatlantic telegraph cable unwinding unit aboard the S. S
2619109 The transatlantic telegraph cable unwinding unit aboard the S.S. Great Eastern, 1865, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

Coils of steel wire await processing in a factory. Date: circa 1930s

An armoured car is stopped by gigantic coils of French wire blocking the road
HJA360607 An armoured car is stopped by gigantic coils of French wire blocking the road, from The Illustrated War News, published 22nd November 1939 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Lady of Elche (stone)
XIR184747 The Lady of Elche (stone) by Iberian School, (5th century BC); Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info)

Prototype telephone design, 1873 (photo)
CHT176688 Prototype telephone design, 1873 (photo) by Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: from a historical collection of telecommunications;)

Pair of Earrings (gold)
CZA229124 Pair of Earrings (gold) by Italian School; 3.3 cm; Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland; Italian, out of copyright

Jewelry known as the Bouclier de Pudeur, from the Cassard tumulus at Flagey
XIR232689 Jewelry known as the Bouclier de Pudeur, from the Cassard tumulus at Flagey, Hallstatt Civilisation (745-475 BC) (bronze) by Gaulish; diam: 11.1 cm; Musee des Antiquites Nationales, St

Central European spiral hair rings, Middle-Late Bronze Age (bronze)
HSC325649 Central European spiral hair rings, Middle-Late Bronze Age (bronze) by Bronze Age (2000-600 BC); height: 3 cm; Private Collection; Photo eHeini Schneebeli; out of copyright

William of Wykehams Crozier, pub. by Jonathan Carter
NCO324397 William of Wykehams Crozier, pub. by Jonathan Carter, 1st July 1785 (hand-coloured engraving) by English School, (18th century); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Facsimile of the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922
XIR246434 Facsimile of the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) made by the Western Electric Company by French School, (20th century); CNAM

Still Life of Flowers in a straw-covered Flask (oil on canvas)
RAF132054 Still Life of Flowers in a straw-covered Flask (oil on canvas) by Cagnacci, Guido (1601-63); Private Collection; Photo eRafael Valls Gallery, London, UK; Italian, out of copyright

The American Rattle Snake, 1782 (engraving)
2562166 The American Rattle Snake, 1782 (engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

The spark that speaks across the Atlantic to Canada, Guglielmo Marconi transmitter Date: 1907

Sensuality, 1898 (etching)
1067372 Sensuality, 1898 (etching) by Stuck, Franz von (1863-1928); 15.6x13.7 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Die Sinnlichkeit); gift of Mrs

A Texas Rat Snake coiled around an almost vertical branch at London Zoo in August 1928
3703954 A Texas Rat Snake coiled around an almost vertical branch at London Zoo in August 1928 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942)

Aztec Bird God (gold)
XBP343619 Aztec Bird God (gold) by Aztec; height: 5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; out of copyright

Head and crook of the crozier of William of Wykeham (c. 1320-1404)
NCO205103 Head and crook of the crozier of William of Wykeham (c.1320-1404): Paul side (silver gilt) (detail) (see 205100-32) by English School

Winding the Dover to Calais submarine cable in the hold of the Blazer, 1851
2619099 Winding the Dover to Calais submarine cable in the hold of the Blazer, 1851, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

Coil of Justice, 1890-95 (oil on canvas)
651044 Coil of Justice, 1890-95 (oil on canvas) by Granville-Smith, Walter (1870-1938); 61x46 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Coil of Justice. Walter Granville-Smith (1870-1938). Oil on canvas

Poster for Jane Avril, 1899 (litho)
HGM81238 Poster for Jane Avril, 1899 (litho) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 35.9x56.2 cm; Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands; eKunstmuseum den Haag; French, out of copyright

War Preparations in China, welding a Coil for a Great Gun at the Arsenal, Shanghai (engraving)
1107453 War Preparations in China, welding a Coil for a Great Gun at the Arsenal, Shanghai (engraving) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Preparations in China)

Gold Ornaments from the Graves of the Incas of Peru, Lady Brasseys Collection (engraving)
1107158 Gold Ornaments from the Graves of the Incas of Peru, Lady Brasseys Collection (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Laying a telegraph cable under an American river c. 1860
2619101 Laying a telegraph cable under an American river c.1860, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; French

The Lady of Elche (stone)
XIR158669 The Lady of Elche (stone) by Iberian School, (5th century BC); Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info)

Head and crook of the crozier of William of Wykeham (c. 1320-1404)
NCO205101 Head and crook of the crozier of William of Wykeham (c.1320-1404): Peter side (silver gilt) (detail) (see 205100-32) by English School

William Dunn and Robert Watson, Architects (litho)
3652294 William Dunn and Robert Watson, Architects (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Dunn and Robert Watson, Architects)

The Armstrong Gun Factory, Elswick Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving)
1050736 The Armstrong Gun Factory, Elswick Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Armstrong Gun Factory, Elswick Works)

Elswick Works (engraving)
1050525 Elswick Works (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elswick Works, the Big Hammer, giving a Blow of 3000 Tons)

Ojime in the shape of a snake (copper)
AME350949 Ojime in the shape of a snake (copper) by Japanese School, (19th century); 1.9x0.9x0.9 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Staites Patent Electric Light Apparatus (engraving)
1617760 Staites Patent Electric Light Apparatus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Staites Patent Electric Light Apparatus)

Electricity (engraving)
5207057 Electricity (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electricity. Illustration for Farrows Military Encyclopedia by Edwards Farrow)

The White Legend
Shikhei Goh

Tree Snake
Fahmi Bhs

Comfort food for stormy weather
Dina Belenko

Rainbow Snake
Shikhei Goh

high coil
Heinz Hieke

Springing Into The Air

Cooper, 1742. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Cooper, 1742

Jamaica, West Indies - Rope Tobacco Sellers
Street Sellers of Rope Tobacco, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1905

Moth proboscis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the coiled proboscis of a moth (order Lepidoptera). The proboscis is an elongated part of the mouth

Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) coiled

USA, Martinsville, Indiana. Close-up of a slinky

Inuit fishing equipment (mixed media)
XBP229265 Inuit fishing equipment (mixed media) by Inuit School; Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; out of copyright

After A Work By Gustave Dore From The Book The Toilers Of The Sea By Victor Hugo. From Life And Reminiscences Of Gustave Dore, Published 1885

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"Unraveling the Mysteries of the Coil: From Tesla to Moths and Beyond" The mesmerizing power of a Tesla Coil discharge, captivating minds since its invention. Mark Twain's fascination with the wonders of electricity, including his encounter with a Tesla Coil. Exploring nature's intricate designs: unraveling the secrets behind moth proboscis under an SEM microscope. Kelloways Stone: A hidden gem in science, revealing insights into electromagnetic phenomena and coils. The revolutionary impact of Nikola Tesla's coil inventions on scientific advancements throughout history. Unveiling the connection between IUD contraceptives and their interaction with sperm cells within the female body. Campbell standard of mutual inductance: A benchmark for measuring coil performance and efficiency in electrical engineering. Travel back in time through an advert from 1938 showcasing Vi-spring Mattress - where comfort meets quality craftsmanship. Nature's symphony unfolds as fauna gracefully adapts to life around coils, intertwining beauty and functionality seamlessly. Delving into cultural traditions at Man Mo Temple in Hong Kong, where incense coils release fragrant prayers into the air. Witnessing timeless elegance as a woman from Kayan tribe adorns herself with traditional brass neck rings near Loikaw District. Cunard Line's majestic carved oak rampant lion by Gerry Holzman symbolizes strength amidst turbulent seas – a testament to enduring spirit. In this diverse world we inhabit, coiled wonders await our exploration—whether they be scientific marvels or cultural treasures—each one offering glimpses into different facets of human ingenuity and natural beauty.