. Bulletin. Science. d Figure 24.—Saxton's magneto generator. From Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1834, vol. 13, p. 155. Although Elkington felt that the magnetoelectric machine did not replace the voltaic cell, Woolrich, during the following decade, constructed similar machines (figs. 30, 31) for Elkington'^ and a fev,' other electroplating companies in Birmingham.^" In 1851, William Millward, of Birmingham, patented a ma- chine ^' (fig. 32) that was very similar to VVoolrich's. A few years later a more important application of the magnetoelectric machine was demonstrated— one that h
. Bulletin. Science. d Figure 24.—Saxton's magneto generator. From Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1834, vol. 13, p. 155. Although Elkington felt that the magnetoelectric machine did not replace the voltaic cell, Woolrich, during the following decade, constructed similar machines (figs. 30, 31) for Elkington'^ and a fev,' other electroplating companies in Birmingham.^" In 1851, William Millward, of Birmingham, patented a ma- chine ^' (fig. 32) that was very similar to VVoolrich's. A few years later a more important application of the magnetoelectric machine was demonstrated— one that had many implications for the future. Frederick H. Holmes showed, in 1853, that a magneto might be used to run an arc light, much to the sur- prise of the well known authority on electricity, E. Becquerel.^^ The latter subsequently declared that ^''Mechanics Magazine, 1849, vol. 51, pp. 271-272; Illustrated London News, October 2, 1852, vol. 21, p. 295. 3" Samuel Timmins, Birmingham and the Midland Hardware District, London, 1866, pp. 488-494. 31 British patent 13536 (February 28, 1851). 32 D. K. Clark, The Exhibited Machinery of 1862, London, 1864, pp. 286, 431; J. H. Gladstone, "Ligiitliouse Illumination by Magneto-Electricity," Qjiarterly Journal of Science, 1864, vol. 1, pp. 70-75; Les Mondes, 1864, vol. 4, pp. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior; United States National Museum. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off
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