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134x200, 549x818, 732x1091 | Front cover from Electric Lighting for Marine EngineersElectric Lighting for Ships (1892) A dark red cover with an illustration of a battleship in black; in gold, a beam of light from the ship’s mast illuminates a smaller, distant, floating ship or submarine. The crescent moon and the let [...] Keywords: book covers, colour Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-06 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1146x1718, 133x200, 467x700, 859x1289 | Title Page from Electric Lighting for Marine EngineersElectric Lighting for Ships (1892) Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers or How to light a ship by the electric light / and how to keep the apparatus / in order With 103 illustrations By Sidney F. Walker M.I.E.E., M.I.M.E., Assoc. M.I [...] Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-06 + S K L |
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1164x881, 1552x1175, 2069x1567, 264x200, 873x661 | Figs. 15 and 16.—Showing Siemens’ Alternate Current Dynamo, with its Excitor.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) Fig. 15 shows the only form of alternator that has been used on board ship [as of 1892]. It is of the Siemens pattern; having, as already explained, a double crown of short field-magnets with the sta [...] Keywords: machinery, electrics, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-08-07 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1152x720, 1280x800, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Fig. 17.—Showing Old Type of Gramme Continuous Current Dynamo.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) Fig. 17 shows the early type of Gramme machine, some of which may still be seen doing good work. (p. 64) Keywords: machinery, electrics, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-04-09 + S K L |
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| 1092x752, 1457x1003, 1943x1338, 291x200, 800x551 | Fig. 27.—Switchboard.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) “Figs. 27 and 28 show switchboards suitable for use on board ship. Fig. 27 shows the usual arrangement of circuits on board a “tramp.” It will be understood, of course, that there should be an ampère [...] Keywords: machinery, electrics, diagrams, gauges, switches, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-06 + S K L |
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145x200, 1976x2720, 555x764, 741x1020, 988x1360 | Fig. 60.—Bulkhead Fitting for Lighting two Cabins with one Lamp.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) “Fig. 60 shows another form of bulkhead fitting designed to economise lamps. As will be understood, it is fixed in a hole cut in the bulkhead to receive it, say between two cabins, the flange shown be [...] Keywords: lamps, electrics, decor, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-06 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1117x2724, 353x861, 471x1149, 628x1531, 82x200, 838x2043 | Fig. 61.—Guarded Portable Lamp Fitting.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) “Fig. 61. shows a portable guarded fitting intended for portable lamps, for holds, etc. A flexible cable is attached to it and a switch placed at the point of conection.” (p. 152) The illustration is [...] Keywords: lamps, electrics, decor, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-11-06 + S K L |
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1224x2701, 310x684, 413x912, 551x1216, 734x1621, 91x200, 918x2026 | Fig. 62.—Reading-Table Lamp.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) “Fig. 62 shows a reading-table lamp, with silk shade. The lamp is fed by a flexible cord.” (p. 152) Keywords: lamps, decor, electrics, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-11-06 + S K L |
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1125x1251, 1500x1668, 180x200, 632x703, 843x937 | Fig. 69.—Showing Internal View of Tumbler Switch.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) “Figs. 69 and 70 are inside and outside of the tumbler switch. The base of this switch is sometimes slate and sometimes porcelain. In larger switches, the “chopper” switch, which corresponds to the t [...] Keywords: diagrams, electrics, switches, machinery, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-06 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1001x913, 1335x1218, 1780x1624, 210x192, 219x200, 375x342, 750x684 | Fig. 70.—Tumbler Switch.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) “The weak points of this switch would appear to be: – The small handle, which, it will be noticed, is not easy to catch hold of; The possibility of the spring which throws the contact bar “Off” losin [...] Keywords: decor, switches, electrics, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-06 + S K L |
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1295x1591, 1619x1989, 163x200, 204x250, 546x671, 728x895, 971x1194 | Fig. 95.—Showing Edison-Swan Ampère Meter.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892) “Fig. 95 shows an outside view of an ampère meter made by the Edison-Swan Co.” (p. 220) The units for measuring electric current today are called amperes, or amps, and a device for measuring current i [...] Keywords: electrics, gauges, meters, machinery, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-07-26 + S K L |
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