Flame, electricity and the camera; man's progress from the first kindling of fire to the wireless telegraph and the photography of color (1901)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday & McClure co. · leaf 124
man 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. 26.Voltas pile.
Fire · Electricity · Color photography
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