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Description: | This is a quick break switch based on J. H. Holmes's invention. It has a porcelain base and a fluted brass cap. The wooden handle is turned to switch the electricity on or off. The combination of a porcelain base with a brass cap was popular for switches in the late 1800s and early 1900s. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East inventors and innovators home life | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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