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 126
Fig 26.Voltas pile. … Plate II. ALESSAXDRO VOLTA. A CURRENT AT LAST 101 succession of new surfaces to the intense affinity of thecorroding liquid. Before the time of the great Italiansdevice, electricity was little more than a curiosity, an actu-ator of toys, instructive if you will, but toys nevertheless.As soon as the…
Fire · Electricity · Color photography
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