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1927 conversazione of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, at the Natural History Museum, London, England. Showing a spectacle designed by Major W.R. Creighton, illustrating "Light down the Ages: the Taming of Electricity." The taming section dealt with the arc lamp, the carbon filament lamp of 1880, the metal filament lamp of 1906, and the gas-filled lamp of 1927. The actor at the laboratory desk represents Humphry Davy.

Quote from the accompanying article: "Through the crowd ... Humphry Davy jostles his way. Electricity has summoned him to demonstrate his gifts to man, and ... summoned by Electricity, come the figures of the Positive and Negative, with their attendant amperes and volts. These bear two huge carbon pencils, which the Positive and Negative direct towards each other so that the points splutter and ignite. Thus the first great taming of electricity into light is brought to the mind of Davy as he works."

Summary of original annotations: (1) kindling a fire and experiencing lightning; (2) the ancient Egyptians focus the sun's ray onto a sacrificial fire, but are routed by lightning; (3) the lamps of vestal virgins light the way for the people, but lightning gets them too; (4) Georgian candelabra and linkmen's torches; (5) new Victorian electricity overpowers the oil lamp; (6) with the coming of the arc lamp, electricity is finally tamed.
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Source Illustrated London News, 16 July 1927, p.11
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