Flame, electricity and the camera; man's progress from the first kindling of fire to the wireless telegraph and the photography of color (1900)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday & McClure co. · leaf 129
an art electrici-ty now poured forth in the absence of toil;here was just such an advance as that ofobtaining heat from fuel instead of frommuscular exertion : the feat of starting ablaze which continues itself and leaves itskindler free had found its parallel. BeforeVolta a charge of electricity… … Fig 26Voltes pile.
Technology · Fire · Electricity · Photography
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