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Old and New London
… be added, are most complete. There are speaking-tubes, electric bells, lifts, and dust-shafts; and an apparatus for …
Survey of London
… were selling two of these sets in April 1873. 108 Electric light seems first to have been introduced, into a … Street. 109 An agreement with the St. James and Pall Mall Electric Light Company for the provision of current to the … the Trustees were still considering the introduction of electric light into the 'public passages' of Albany. 111 In …
Old and New London
… of a small clock, or a large watch, were caused by the electric current to perform rapid calisthenic exercises … which is constantly enjoying a cold bath of ink. While no electric current flows, the paper is free from this circular … per minute. But there is no limit to the speed of the electric current, and if the messages are sent mechanically, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… in 1886. 89 Oil lamps were installed in 1891 and electric lighting in 1953. 90 What was described as 'poor' …