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Voltas battery. Historical illustration of the battery (or pile) made by the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) in 1800

Cathode ray tube. Image 2 of 2. Demonstration showing how a beam of electrons can be deflected by a magnetic field, as seen in television cathode ray tube (CRT) displays

Rheostat controlling current
Rheostat varying current in a circuit. A Rheostat (lower right), also known as a variable resistor, has a resistance which can be altered

Electric light bulbs, different voltages
Electric light bulbs glowing with different levels of brightness. The brightness of an electric light bulb is determined by the amount of electrical current flowing through it

Electric lightbulb

Electric motor coils. Coils of electrical wires (solenoids) inside a small demonstration electric motor. The connection points at left, and upper right and lower right

Satellite disposal. Computer artwork of the Terminator Tether Satellite Deorbit System in use. This system will reduce the amount of debris in low-Earth-orbit

Benjamin Franklin, US scientist
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, inventor and statesman. As well as his numerous scientific discoveries

Girl standing beneath a lightbulb
MODEL RELEASED. Girl standing beneath a lightbulb

Girl holding a lightbulb
MODEL RELEASED. Girl holding a lightbulb, composite image

James Prescott Joule, British physicist
James Prescott Joule (1818-1889), British physicist. Joule showed that different forms of energy are interchangeable, and that energy cannot be created or destroyed

Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist
Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854), German physicist. Ohm worked on the relationship between electrical current and potential difference

Chocolate pudding

Light bulb filament, close-up. A light bulb filament, or electrical filament, is a fine thread of metal made of tungsten. The electrical resistance of the filament makes it glow white-hot when an

Atlantic Ocean currents, artwork. The currents are the Gulf Stream (red, warm surface water), the North Atlantic Drift (orange, also warm surface water)

GeoSat image of ocean currents
Ocean currents in the Atlantic. False-colour map showing the main warm-water currents of the Atlantic Ocean. These are seen hee as red patches

Gulf Stream from space
Water flow in the Gulf Stream, seen from space. This view, looking roughly south-west, shows the boundary between water in the Gulf Stream and the coastal waters off the eastern USA

Global ocean circulation. Satellite image of the Earth from space with a map of ocean circulation. Ocean currents flow around the world due to differences in temperature and salinity

Kedrovaja river, Russia
Kedrovaja river early in the morning. Photographed in Primorsky Territory, Russia

Gaulard transformer, 19th century
Gaulard transformer. Transformers change the voltage of an electric power supply, enabling it to be used in different devices (such as the bulb at top)

Earth layers, artwork
Earth layers. Cutaway computer artwork showing the layers that make up the structure of the Earth and the movement (arrows) of molten lava within them

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin Franklin, American scientist, inventor and statesman, shown here in his physics laboratory in Philadelphia. As well as his numerous scientific discoveries

Ocean circulation, artwork
Ocean circulation. Computer artwork showing the general direction in which water circulates around the surface of the Earth

Biochip, artwork
conducting path in gauze

Electric galvanising of steel
Galvanising steel. A roll of sheet steel at a galvanising station at a steel plant. Galvanisation is a process in which steel is coated with zinc to prevent corrosion

Conductor in magnetic field experiment. Apparatus used to measure the strength of the force exerted on a current-carrying conductor (copper wire) in a magnetic field

Current melting steel wool. Steel wool attached between two pieces of wire through which a current is being passed. The current is heating up the wool and causing it to melt

Simple electrical circuit. This circuit consists of a bulb (centre right) connected to a power supply (top left). A voltmeter (bottom left)

DVD drive motor, SEM
DVD drive motor. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the electric motor from a computer DVD disk drive. The turntable has been removed to show the interior

Sine waves. Conceptual image of overlapping sine waves on a monitor. The level of current produced by an AC (alternating current)

Induced current. Oscilloscope trace from an electric coil, showing a current flowing at the precise moment when a magnet is dropped through the coil

Superconductor. Molecular model of the crystal structure of magnesium diboride (MgB2), a new super-conductor. Red spheres represent magnesium atoms and purple represent boron atoms

Sea surface density, global map. The density of the surface water of the worlds oceans is calculated from measurements of temperature and salinity

Antarctic ocean current, computer model
Antarctic ocean current. Computer model of the Antarctic circumpolar current in the Southern Ocean on the 12th May 2006. Ocean current data from satellites

Convection currents, conceptual artwork
Convection currents. Conceptual computer artwork depicting the movement of convection currents within a fluid

USA, Michigan, Upper Peninsula, birch leaf in river current with autumn and sky reflections. Credit as: Mark S. Carlson / Jaynes Gallery / Danita Delimont

USA, Michigan, Birch leaf in river with autumn reflections

Jordan Stream in fall in Maines Acadia National Park. Sugar maple trees

Iguassu Falls, Parana State, Brazil. Aerial view of the waterfalls with a rainbow over them

Iguassu, Brazil. The Iguassu falls from above with mist rising

St. Marguerite river in Parc du Saguenay

Measuring the current of a large electronic device
A man measures the current running through a large electronic device, possibly an early computer or exchange. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Duke of Kent & Edward
GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT, younger brother of Edward VIII and George VI, pictured his eldest son, Prince Edward, now the current Duke of Kent

Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar on board H. M. S. Vic
In commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, the current Lord Nelson distributes prizes to the scholars of the Portsmouth Church High Schools, on 21 October 1886

Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg (1854-1921), photographed in 1912 on succeeding Sir Francis Bridgeman as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty

The Marquis of Salisbury opening the Liverpool Docks Overhea
Engraving showing the Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) turning on the current at the generating station, Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 4th February 1893

England / Westward Ho
Looking down on Westward Ho, North Devon, famous for its Peeble Ridge and the associations with the novel of the same name, by Charles Kingsley

Jasons Argo
This is the boat used by Jason in his successful expedition to steal the Golden Fleece : though equipped with a sail, it has to be rowed up the Bosphorus against the current

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