Electrical Collection (page 4)

An engraving depicting W.G. Taylor's power loom for weaving calico. The machine was awarded the prize medal at
5310964 An engraving depicting W.G. Taylor's power loom for weaving calico. The machine was awarded the prize medal at the 1862 Exhibition

A message being received on a Morse printing telegraph
5310290 A message being received on a Morse printing telegraph; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a message being received on a Morse printing telegraph)

Hermann von Helmholtz's contact breaker
5310289 Hermann von Helmholtz's contact breaker; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Hermann von Helmholtz's contact breaker. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) a German physician and physicist

Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp
5310264 Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp (1876). The globe is cut away to show the two parallel carbon rods

Engraving depicting a full and sectional view of Gustave Trouve's electric jewels
5308726 Engraving depicting a full and sectional view of Gustave Trouve's electric jewels; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a full and sectional view of Gustave Trouve's electric jewels)

Science. Electricity. Lighting dashboard at the Opera de Paris. Engraving in
3434790 Science. Electricity. Lighting dashboard at the Opera de Paris. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Electricite)

Science. Energy. Yablochkov candle (electric carbon arc lamp). Gravure in
3434788 Science. Energy. Yablochkov candle (electric carbon arc lamp). Gravure in : Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences)

Bell telephone, 1878
3479243 Bell telephone, 1878; (add.info.: Using a bell telephone. Dated 1878.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Telephone cables being laid, 1890
3479177 Telephone cables being laid, 1890; (add.info.: View of New York street and manhole beneath, showing a telephone cable being laid)

Telephone and telegraph cables, 1886
3479174 Telephone and telegraph cables, 1886; (add.info.: Laying conduits to carry telephone and telegraph cables under the street of Brooklyn. Dated 9th October 1886.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Submarine telegraph cable, 1855
3479164 Submarine telegraph cable, 1855; (add.info.: Submarine telegraph cable between Holyhead on the Welsh coast and Howth in Ireland: 1852)

Electric telegraph station fitted with Breguet equipment, 1874
3480035 Electric telegraph station fitted with Breguet equipment, 1874; (add.info.: Electric telegraph station fitted with Breguet equipment, 1874.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Contact breaker, 1850
3479335 Contact breaker, 1850; (add.info.: Helmholtz's contact breaker. From Robert Brown Science for all, London, n.d)

Philipp Reis, 1883
3479325 Philipp Reis, 1883; (add.info.: Philipp Reis's (musical) telephone: Transmitter (left) and receiver. From Georges Dary Tout par l'Electricite, tours

Philipp Reis, 1861
3479300 Philipp Reis, 1861; (add.info.: Philipp Reis, a German school teacher, demonstrating his (musical) telephone. Dated 1861.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Elisha Gray's telephone, 1896
3479295 Elisha Gray's telephone, 1896; (add.info.: Elisha's telephone, dated 1896. Created by Elisha Gray (2nd August 1835 - 21st 1901)

Diagram of Bell's second telephone, 1879
3479294 Diagram of Bell's second telephone, 1879; (add.info.: Diagram of Bell's second telephone: Acoustic waves through N (diaphragm) and A (lever)

Hughes microphone, 1879
3479288 Hughes microphone, 1879; (add.info.: Various views of Hughes microphone, dated November 1879.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Telephone operator, 1882
3479284 Telephone operator, 1882; (add.info.: Telephone operator talking to a subscriber, dated 1882.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Metropolitan telephone, 1890
3479273 Metropolitan telephone, 1890; (add.info.: Metropolitan telephone company's central station, Cartlant Street, New York: the switchboard)

Opera performance, 1883
3479262 Opera performance, 1883; (add.info.: Woman listening to an opera performance in her own home by means of the Ader Bell telephone, and Ader's arrangement for music transmission)

Exchanging New Year's greetings by telephone, 1882 (engraving)
3479237 Exchanging New Year's greetings by telephone, 1882 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Gower/bell telephone, 1882
3479236 The Gower/bell telephone, 1882; (add.info.: The Gower/bell telephone. Shown at the international electric exhibition at the crystal palace)

Shopping by videophone, 1890
3479184 Shopping by videophone, 1890; (add.info.: Illustration shows an interpretation of the future. A female is shown shopping by videophone. Paris, 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Sectional view of manhole in New York street, 1890
3479179 Sectional view of manhole in New York street, 1890; (add.info.: Sectional view of manhole in New York street, showing telephone cables being spliced)

Engraving depicting Anthony Reckenzaum's electric boat, 19th century
5309422 Engraving depicting Anthony Reckenzaum's electric boat, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Anthony Reckenzaum's electric boat)

Engraving depicting an electrical lamp holder with an integral switch, 19th century
5309374 Engraving depicting an electrical lamp holder with an integral switch, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an electrical lamp holder with an integral switch)

An electric tramway in Germany in 1886 (engraving)
8766920 An electric tramway in Germany in 1886 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: An electric tramway in Germany in 1886 ( Sacchausen ) 1886); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Military optical signals, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790161 Military optical signals, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: military optical signals, illustration from History of electricity in France, early 20th century); Photo © CCI.

High voltage equipment used by Pierre and Marie Curie to investigate the electrical conductivity of air exposed to
537807 High voltage equipment used by Pierre and Marie Curie to investigate the electrical conductivity of air exposed to radium

Oil switches for heating a 132,000 volt circuit (b/w photo)
8636670 Oil switches for heating a 132,000 volt circuit (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oil switches for heating a 132,000 volt circuit)

Washing Dishes by Electricity (litho)
8631775 Washing Dishes by Electricity (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Washing Dishes by Electricity)

Young James Clerk Maxwell as a new boy at the Edinburgh Academy (litho)
8673171 Young James Clerk Maxwell as a new boy at the Edinburgh Academy (litho) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)

A graphic comparison (litho)
8642783 A graphic comparison (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A graphic comparison)

Sewing-machine, Stereoscope, Suspension-bridge, Theodolite, Thermometer, Thrashing-machine, Transparency, Vegetables
8650111 Sewing-machine, Stereoscope, Suspension-bridge, Theodolite, Thermometer, Thrashing-machine, Transparency, Vegetables, Velocipede, Apple Parer, Battery

Illustration for Animal Mechanism, A Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion (engraving)
8667746 Illustration for Animal Mechanism, A Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Festive electric lighting illuminating the Royal Palace in Berlin (b/w photo)
8663714 Festive electric lighting illuminating the Royal Palace in Berlin (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lighting in a sitting room, mid 1930s (b/w photo)
8634926 Lighting in a sitting room, mid 1930s (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lighting in a sitting room, mid 1930s)

Housewife at work on the sewing-machine, mid 1930s (b/w photo)
8634924 Housewife at work on the sewing-machine, mid 1930s (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Housewife at work on the sewing-machine, mid 1930s)

Charging an electric ticket machine (b/w photo)
8626065 Charging an electric ticket machine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charging an electric ticket machine)

Magnetic Field of Horseshoe Magnet (litho)
8668952 Magnetic Field of Horseshoe Magnet (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Magnetic Field of Horseshoe Magnet)

R. Hornsby and Son's portable double-cylinder steam engine, 1862
7125126 R. Hornsby and Son's portable double-cylinder steam engine, 1862; (add.info.: R. Hornsby and Son's portable double-cylinder steam engine)

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

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"Unleashing the Power of Electricity: A Journey through Electrifying Innovations" The Pendolino tilting train showcases the marvels engineering, providing a smooth and efficient ride for passengers. Step into the world of Nikola Tesla with his mesmerizing invention, the Tesla Coil - an electrifying display that captivates audiences even today. Himmel Erde, inspired by Nikola Tesla's genius, explores the boundless possibilities of electricity in art and science. Dr. Walford Bodie takes center stage at the Variety Theatre, dazzling crowds with his electrifying performances using high-voltage displays. Anders Zorn's masterpiece "Omnibus I" transports us back to 1895 when electric-powered transportation revolutionized urban mobility. Decode the language of electricity with standard electrical circuit symbols – a universal key to understanding this powerful force. In 1928, women embraced modernity as they experienced permanent hair-waving machines powered by electricity – a symbol of progress and beauty. The electric guitar and amplifier combination forever changed music history, unleashing new sounds that resonated across generations. Dive deep into our neural networks as we explore nerve cells – nature's own electrical circuits responsible for transmitting information in our bodies. Admire stunning artwork showcasing ECGs depicting normal heart rates - a testament to how electricity keeps our hearts beating rhythmically every day. Witness an artistic interpretation of everyday life as washing machines revolutionize households worldwide - F006 / 7157 captures this transformation beautifully. Stand tall like an electricity pylon.