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

Trade Catalogues etc. - Places of Interest

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:

• Cassiers Magazine. The Electric Railway Number. August 1899 UK. Reprinted in book form by The Light Railway Transport League, Cricklewood, London 1960.
• La Lumiere Electrique 1882
• Electrical Review. Electrical Review Ltd. 1902 vol. 51 bound.
• Electrical Review. Electrical Review Ltd. 1903 vol. 52 bound.
• Electrical Review. Electrical Review Ltd. 1903 vol. 53 bound.
• Watford Magazine. Watford UDC Electricity Dept. 1908.
• PUNCH Magazine - Cartoon ‘Electricity v. Gas’ 1880
• PUNCH Magazine - Cartoon Sept 14 1814
• The GRAPHIC - 12 Nov 1881

Trade Catalogues etc.

• Electro-Medical Instruments and their Management & Illustrated Price List of Electro-Medical Apparatus. by Schall & Son, 71 & 75 New Cavendish St, London W1 and 74 Bath St. Glasgow. 17th Edition October 1924. Pub J Wright & Sons., Bristol.
• G.E.C. Electrical Installation Material. Comprehensive catalogue of products as at 1951 well illustrated.
• Rotax Running Instructions, Lighting and Starting Equipment. Rotax (Motor Accessories) Ltd. Willesden Junction, London N.W.10. Pub. 1927. Includes wiring Diagrams for various cars.(Motor Car Electric’s)
• Lektrik Lighting Connections. by W Perren Maycock. A. P. Lundberg & Sons, established 1882. 1st Edition May 1912. 2nd Edition March 1913. 3rd Edition May 1914.

Places of Interest

• Science Museum, London. England. A good display of light bulbs.
• STANDON House near East Grinstead National trust house with original lighting fittings
• MILNE MUSEUM, South Eastern Electricity Board.
• The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1HR, England. Phone before visiting 0732 364726
• The Zanussi Collection of Household Appliances. Zanussi Press Office, London. 071-493 7808
• Wedgwood Electrical Collection, Christchurch Dorset. Phone 0202 762828

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