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Force unfurling, c1920-1946. Creator: Thelma Kent
Force unfurling, c.1920-1946

H.M.S. Vigilant on the seven-fathom patch in the Red Sea, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The British Expedition to Abyssinia: H.M.S. Vigilant on the seven-fathom patch in the Red Sea, 1868. Royal Navy despatch-boat '...sending a pilot to a transport just arrived from Calcutta...[She is

Undertow, 1886. Creator: Winslow Homer
Undertow, 1886. Rescuers try to haul ashore two women, weighed down by their waterlogged bathing dresses, in danger of being pulled beneath the waves by an undertow

The late flood of the Arno at Florence – from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A. 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The late flood of the Arno at Florence - from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A. 1864. View of...the flood which visited that city from the sudden rise of the river Arno, caused by a storm of rain...[Mr

Scenes in Japan: the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scenes in Japan: the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. The western entrance [to the Inland Sea], by the channel of Simonosaki, is at the narrowest part only a quarter of a mile broad

The Niagara above the Falls - by our special artist G. H. Andrews, 1860. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Niagara above the Falls - by our special artist G. H. Andrews, 1860. The Niagara River, forming part of the boundary line between the United States and Canada

Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; boats are launched into the current slowed down by a dam, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; boats are launched into the current slowed down by a dam, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Chikugo Province, Currents around the Weir, 1855. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Chikugo Province, Currents around the Weir, 1855. From number 60

Sohni Swims to Meet Her Lover Mahinwal, between c1750 and c1775. Creator: Unknown
Sohni Swims to Meet Her Lover Mahinwal, between c1750 and c1775

Current-diverting levee near the Iablonskii Island [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Current-diverting levee near the Iablonskii Island [Russian Empire], 1909. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Transmission line towers and high tension lines that... Wilson Dam... near Sheffield, Ala. 1942
Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current generated at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, near Sheffield, Ala

Switchyard at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Switchyard at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala. 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River

Section of one of the switchyards from which high... Wilson Dam... Sheffield vicinity, Ala. 1942
Section of one of the switchyards from which high tension lines carry current generated at TVAs Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, Sheffield vicinity, Ala

Towing boats against the current, c. 1764. Creator: Torii Kiyomitsu
Towing boats against the current, c. 1764

Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnieres), 1887. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnieres), 1887

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido (Tokaido Ejiri Tago no ura ryaku zu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

The Crossing of Potgeiters Drift, January 16, 1900. Creator: Enoch Ward
The Crossing of Potgeiters Drift, January 16, 1900. The British, led by General Lyttelton crossed the Tugela River in Natal, South Africa at Potgieters Drift on 16 January, 1900

The Banquet of Nitocris, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Banquet of Nitocris, 1890. Nitocris, 6th century BC Babylonian queen and last pharoah of the Sixth Dynasty, invited the murderers of her brother to a banquet

Bow River Raids, Banff, N. W. T. c1897. Creator: Unknown
Bow River Raids, Banff, N.W.T. c1897. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co. London, c1897]

Long Sault Rapids, River St. Lawrence, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Long Sault Rapids, River St. Lawrence, c1897. Long Sault rapids on the St. Lawrence River west of Cornwall, Ontario. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell

Fuji from the Ford at Kanaya, c1833. Creator: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Fuji from the Ford at Kanaya, c. 1833 (colour woodblock print). Print shows porters carrying litters, sedan chairs, and individual persons across the river near the Kanaya station on the Tokaido

World Map showing Ocean Currents, 1902. Creator: Unknown
World Map showing Ocean Currents, 1902. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd. London, 1902]

Tester or multimeter, device used for measurement of voltage, current and electrical resistance

Breda electrical automotive to 3000 Volts DC

Map of the current Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America, in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1574 by Abraham Ortelius

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, demonstrating his electric pile (battery), c1800 (c1870). Voltas (1745-1827) voltaic pile, an early form of battery, was the first source of current electricity

High power grid-glow tube, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Railway accident, Munchenstein, Switzerland, 14th July 1891. An iron girder bridge collapses as a crowded passenger train passes over it, 71 dead, 171 injured

Strong Current Point, 1884. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
Strong Current Point, 1884. Seascape of Finistere, France

Alessandro Volta, demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napoleon, (c1800) 1901
Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) Italian physicist, demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napoleon. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901

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