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New Year's Greeting by Telephone
Shows a group of men and women in formal wear speaking on the phone.
Scene of the Accident at Bray Head, on the Dublin Wicklow, and Wexford Railway
Shows a train partially off a bridge near body of water.
Mr. Weekes Atmospheric Electrical Apparatus.
Demonstration of how electricity works for the London Electrical Society by inventor W.H. Weekes.
Revolving bookcase
Ornate carved wood revolving bookcase which was on display at the Great Exhibition of London, 1851.
Asthma. Lancelot's Cigarettes
In the nineteenth century cigarette-making became automated. In this same period, smoking came to be seen as fashionable - for men, not for women.
An Exact Representation Of The First Aerial Ship The Eagle, Now Exhibiting At The Grounds Of The Aeronautical Society, Victoria Road Facing Kensington Gardens.
The Eagle was an airship (dirigible balloon) that crashed in Paris in 1834 upon take off. It proved to be too heavy. The ship was developed by Scotsman Comte de Lennox, who was living in France.