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SEE See Cover of a book on electric lighting, 1891.
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Cover of a book on electric lighting, 1891.
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Picture Number:10421359
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Credit:Science Museum/Science&Society Picture Library
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Caption:
A figure holds an electric filament with light beaming out of it. Below, an obsolete candle is snuffed out. From 'Popular electric lighting: being practical hints to present and intending users of electric energy for illuminating purposes' by E Ironside Bax, (London, 1891).
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In Collection of: Science & Society Picture Library
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Subject(s) > Society & Wars > Lighting
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Related to:
Popular electric lighting
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