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A Short History of Electric Light

by Frank Andrews

Bibliography

General references/mentions etc. - Trade journals/reports etc. - Periodicals:

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General references/mentions etc.

ALLSOP
Practical Electric Light Fitting. F C Allsop. Pub. Percival Marshall c. 1910
ANON
Mechanisation Takes Command, A Contribution to Anonymous History. Part VI ‘Mechanisation Enters the Household’ over 500 illustrations. (New York 1948)
BALLHATCHET
Electric Apparatus making for Beginners. Albert V. Ballhatchet. pub. Percival Marshall. c. 1930
More Electric Apparatus Making. Albert V. Ballhatchet. pub. Percival Marshall. c. 1930
BELLING
The Story of Belling. 1960 Belling & Co. Ltd.
BOTTONE
A Guide to Electric Lighting, S. R. Bottone. Pub. Percival Marshall c.1910
BRACKETT & others
Electricity in Daily Life. Articles by various authors. pub. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., London 1891.
BRIGHT
The Electric lamp Industry. A. A. Bright. Pub. Macmillan, New York 1949.
BRITANNICA
Encyclopaedia Britannica 13th Edition 1926. Important article ‘Household Appliances.’
BROADBENT
Chats on Electricity. by Frank Broadbent. Pub. Percival Marshall c. 1910
B.V.C
Goblin (B.V.C). Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 1951.
The Goblin Story. Goblin (B.V.C.) Ltd. 1969.
CLINTON
Electric Wiring. by W C Clinton. Pub Percival Marshall c1910
CORLEY
Domestic Electrical Appliances. T.A.B. Corley. Pub Jonathan Cape, London. 1966.
ECK
The Application of Arc Lamps to Practical Purposes. Justus Eck. Pub. Percival Marshall c1910
ELECTRIC CO.
Electrical Transmission and Distribution of Power. pub. The Electric Company Ltd, 122 & 124 Charing Cross Road, London 1895.
ELECTRICAL PRESS
Electricity for Everybody. The Electrical Press 1912.
ELECTRICITY COUNCIL
Centenary of Service. The Electricity Council 1981.
GIBSON
The Romance of Modern Electricity. C.R. Gibson F.R.S.E.. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, London c. 1913.
The Wonders  of Electricity. C.R. Gibson F.R.S.E.. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, London c. 1913.
Electricity of Today. C.R. Gibson F.R.S.E.. Pub. c. 1910.
The Wonders of Modern Electricity. C.R. Gibson F.R.S.E.. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, London 1913.
GORDON
Early Electrical Appliances. Bob Gordon. Shire Publications Ltd. Dyfed, Wales. 1984. ISBN 0 85263 694 6
GRIEG
John Hopkinson, Electrical Engineer. James Grieg. Pub HMSO London 1970. A Science Museum Booklet.
deHANN
Antique Household Gadgets and Appliances. David deHann. Blandford Press 1977
HARRISON
Electric Wiring, Diagrams and Switchboards, Newton Harrison. Pub. Percival Marshall c. 1910
HOLLYWOOD
Morphy Richards Comes of Age 1936-1957. B. Hollywood 1957.
HOPE-JONES
Electrical Time keeping. Frank Hope-Jones. (Originally Pub.1940) Facsimile reprint April 1976 by N.A.G.Press London
LEITHÄUSER
Inventors of Our World. Joachim G Leithäuser. in German 1954, Die zweite Schöpfung der Welt.. Translator M. Bullock. Pub. The Scientific Book Club, London c. 1960
MARSHALL
Electric Clocks & Chimes, A Practical Handbook for design and construction. Pub. Percival Marshall & Co. London. c. 1930
The How Does it Work of Electricity. Percival Marshall c. 1910
The Model Engineer series of handbooks. Percival Marshall & Co. c. 1910.
  • No.1 Small Accumulators
  • No.3 Electric Bells and Alarms
  • No.5 Electric Batteries
  • No.8 Simple Electrical Working Models
  • No.10 Small Dynamos and Motors
  • No.11 Induction Coils for Amateurs
  • No.14 Small Electric Motors
  • No.22 Electric Lighting for Amateurs
  • No.24 Small Electrical Measuring Instruments
  • No.31 Electrical Apparatus
  • No.32 The Wimshurst Machine
MAYCOCK
Electric Lighting and Power Distribution. (2 vols.) by W Perren Maycock.
Electric Wiring, Fittings, Switches & Lamps. by W. Perren Maycock. Pub. Percival Marshall c. 1910
MOLLOY
Electrical Installations. ed. E. Molloy. Pub. George Newnes Ltd. London 1945
MUNRO & JAMESON
A Pocket Book of Electrical Rules and Tables. by J Munro and Prof. Jameson. Pub. Percival Marshall c. 1910
MYATT
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of 19th Century Firearms. Major F Myatt M.C. Pub. Salamander Books Ltd. 1979. ISBN 0 86101 033 7.  Article on Hiram Stephen Maxim, inventor.
NEWNES
“Electrical Engineer” Reference book. Pub. George Newnes Ltd. London c.1945
SLINGO
Electrical Engineering for Electric Light Artisans and Students. By Slingo & Brooker. Percival Marshall c. 1910
TAYLOR
Marshall’s Practical Manuals. ‘Private House Electric Lighting’. Frederick H. Taylor. Percival Marsh & Co. London 1911
How to use Electric light with Increased Economy and Efficiency. Frederick H. Taylor.
THOMPSON
Design of Dynamos. by Silvanus P Thompson. Percival Marshall, c. 1910
Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism. Silvanus P. Thompson D.Sc. BA FRAS.. Empire Publishing Company, New York 1888.
URQUHART
Electric Ship Lighting. by J W Urquhart. Percival Marshall c. 1910
WALKER
Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers. Sydney F. Walker. Pub. Tower Publishing Company Ltd. 95 Minories, London E. 2nd edition 1896
Electricity In Our Homes and Workshops. Sydney F Walker. c. 1890
How to light a Colliery. Sydney F Walker. c. 1890
WEBER
The Handy Electrical Dictionary. by W L Weber. Pub Percival Marshall c. 1910
WHITE
The All Electric Age. A. Gowan White. 1922.
WHITE
Forty Years of Electrical progress: The Story of G.E.C. A. Gowan White. 1930.
WISE
Electric Clocks. by S.J. Wise. Pub. Heywood & Co. London 1948

Trade journals/reports etc.

The Electrical Contractors Association (Incorporated)
Electrical Contractors Year Book 1922-1923
Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association. Founded 1895
Proceedings 1899 - 1920. 22 vols. Later volumes given to Kew Engine Museum, London.

Periodicals:

Trade Catalogues etc.

Places of Interest

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