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Electric apparatus and appliances

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Images about Electric apparatus and appliances

18 images from works
  • Electricity: an electrometer attached to an electro-static generator. Engraving, 1769.
  • Prosthetic legs wearing a pair of trainers. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2012.
  • Electricity: electrical equipment, batteries, etc. Coloured engraving, 1804, by J. Pass, after H. Lascelles.
  • Electricity: a large electro-static generator, on an isolating frame [?]. Engraving.
  • Electricity: electro-static equipment. Engraving, [late 18th century].
  • Electricity: J. Cuthbertson's electro-static generator. Engraving, 1804, by W. Lowry.
  • Electricity: electro-static equipment, showing earthing and spark discharge [?]. Engraving, [18th century].
  • Electrical appliances exhibited at the 1882 Electrical Exhibition, including chandeliers and the first telegraph instrument. Wood engraving, 1882.
  • Electricity and its industrial applications. Coloured engraving by Langevin, 1853, after L. Allard.
  • The London Institution, Moorfields: the interior of the lecture theatre, a demonstration in progress. Engraving by G. Gladwin after B. Dixie.
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Works from the collections

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    Electricity: electro-static equipment. Engraving, [late 18th century].

    | Reference: 47531i
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    Die Entwickelung der elektrischen Messungen / von O. Frölich.

    Frölich, O. (Oscar), 1843-1909. | Date: 1905
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    Electricity: a large electro-static generator, on an isolating frame [?]. Engraving.

    | Reference: 47541i
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    Electricity: electro-static equipment, showing earthing and spark discharge [?]. Engraving, [18th century].

    | Reference: 47530i
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    Electricity: a large electro-static generator, and other experimental apparatus. Engraving.

    | Reference: 47542i
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Related topics

Electricity
Electrostatics
Electric batteries
Anura
Galvani, Luigi, 1726-1798.
Electrotherapeutics - Instruments

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