Ideas From The Past
Some interesting pictures from "Electricity In Modern Life" by G W de Tunzelmann, dated 1889 (all are available at higher resolution, just click on them).
Top left: A long row of female operators connect lines between subscribers in this early manual telephone exchange.
Top right: The Hughes's Type-Printing Telegraph was the only machine of its kind to be employed to any considerable extent in Europe.
Bottom left: An electric tricycle, made to the order of the Sultan of Turkey. Note the rather dangerous steering tiller, and the star and crescent logos!
Bottom right: Included for the sheer beauty of the engraving, a compact dynamo by Messrs Mather & Platt of Manchester
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| Manual Telephone Exchange | Character Printing Telegraph |
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| Electric Tricycle | Steam Powered Dynamo |