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  • Electricity: several electrical machines in use, with a man receiving an electric shock in the background. Engraving, [18th century], by B. Cole.
  • Magneto-electric machine
  • Pixii's magneto-electric machine.
  • Coxeter's magneto-electric machine.
  • Milking machine: electric master pulsator
  • Magneto-electric machine of Nollet and Van Malderen.
  • High-class grocers & provision merchants : Folley & Sons, the Castle Stores, Launceston : 1/4 lb. net. Folley's high grade coffee : freshly ground by electric machine as required. Untouched by hand.
  • Electrical machine by Robert Banks
  • An electrical machine: a man is shown demonstrating a table-top electrical machine to a young woman. Etching, 1760/1790.
  • Electrical machine designed by John Wesley, 18th c.
  • Electrical machine, believed to have been used by Galavni.
  • Electricity: an electro-static machine charging three Leyden Jars. Engraving.
  • Electrical machines: four figures showing various machines, with an illustration of George Adams demonstrating his medical electrical machine on a girl. Line engraving by J. Lodge and W. Grainger, after T. Milne and F. Blake, 1789.
  • Electrical machines: four figures showing various machines, with an illustration of George Adams demonstrating his medical electrical machine on a girl. Line engraving by J. Lodge and W. Grainger, after T. Milne and F. Blake, 1789.
  • Wimhurst Machine. Fig. 180, page 457, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Atkinson Topler Machine.Fig. 179, page 455, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Electricity: a large electrical machine being prepared for use at the Pantheon, Oxford Street. Engraving by J. Basire, [before 1791], after M.A. Rooker.
  • A rheumatism patient uses an electrical machine called the Galvanoset to administer drugs. Photograph, ca. 1925.
  • A man with a broken leg is having its muscles stimulated by an electrical machine. Postcard after E. Jones, 1917.
  • An introduction to electricity and galvanism; with cases, shewing their effects in the cure of diseases / To which is added, a description of Mr. Cuthbertson's plate electrical machine. By J.C. Carpue.
  • An introduction to electricity and galvanism; with cases, shewing their effects in the cure of diseases / To which is added, a description of Mr. Cuthbertson's plate electrical machine. By J.C. Carpue.
  • Electricity: a large electro-static generator machine in use in the Colosseum, London, with many condenser jars and four operators. Wood engraving, 1839.
  • Physico-mechanical experiments on various subjects, containing an account of several surprizing phaenomena touching light and electricity. Producible on the attrition of bodies. With many other remarkable appearances, not before observ'd. Together with the explanations of all the machines, (the figures of which are curiously engrav'd on copper) and other apparatus us'd in making the experiments / By F. Hauksbee, F.R.S.
  • Physico-mechanical experiments on various subjects, containing an account of several surprizing phaenomena touching light and electricity. Producible on the attrition of bodies. With many other remarkable appearances, not before observ'd. Together with the explanations of all the machines, (the figures of which are curiously engrav'd on copper) and other apparatus us'd in making the experiments / By F. Hauksbee, F.R.S.
  • A machine for an electrified garden: fashionably-dressed men and women are shown in a glasshouse, observing a selection of plants which have been attached to a large machine. Etching, ca. 1755.
  • Homecraft : built-in : cooking, cooling, washing & dishwashers / Tricity Bendix.
  • Homecraft : built-in : cooking, cooling, washing & dishwashers / Tricity Bendix.
  • Electricity: various belt-driven electro-static generators. Engraving, 1812 [by W. Lowry ?].
  • Doctors or medical students listening to their heartbeats using a multiple stethoscope. Photograph.
  • Mechanical vibratory treatment : an invaluable instrument for professional use : every facility offered for professional investigation / James Barker.