M0015309: Three early types of electric lightning

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Early types of Electric lightning.

Illustrations of three early types of electric lightning. Top: Edison's bamboo carbon filament lamps (1880-1 type); bottom left: Tablochkov's electric candle (1876); bottom right: Swan's original Newcastle Carbon Rod Electric lamp (1878). Published in Fleming, J. A: Fifty years of electricity : the memories of an electrical engineer, London: 1921

October 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.