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Picked up an old book at a garage sale last weekend. "The Electric Home" by ES Lincoln. From 1936. Scanned several illustrations for the nostalgia forum. In no particular order: picture 1: a number of outlets and switches: (below) picture 2: 3 switches on one yoke: (below) picture 3: A method of troubleshooting a circuit that blew a fuse using a light bulb: (below) picture 4: Electric earthworn chaser, AKA widowmaker! I doubt it got UL approved: (below) picture 5: illustration of an overloaded circuit: (below) picture 6: service entrance and distribution fuse panels: (below) picture 7: early circuit breaker panel: (below) picture 8 Strange switch and outlet combo: (below) Picture 9 Wall sconces, then called "bracket". Note the outlet seems blocked by the light switch: (below) picture 10: outlet with indicator light: (below) picture 11: switch with indicator. strange positions of switch handles: (below) [img] https://www.electrical-contractor.net/Nostalgia/E-Home_11.jpg[/img] Elsewhere this book mentions that the future will have applications for electricity not imagined in 1936. Like the PC or TV or VCRs and such. Bob (wa2ise)
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