Thank you Paul and Joe (and John!) for sharing these with us. The Apollo fire in the museum is similar.Īnyone visited the SWEHS in Bristol? It sounds like a lovely place! The Cannon bulb fire in 1904 had four of the "Dowsing Sausages" set against a polished reflector and controlled by brass switches.
These were the first practical electric radiant heaters. It had a 250 watt carbon filament which gave off no light except a warm red glow. Dowsing, in 1896, designed a "heating lamp" with a frosted glass envelope.
The electric filament lamp was considered inefficient because far more energy was converted into heat than produced light. My friend and former colleague John Heath of the SWEHS explains that: This Apollo "Dowsing Sausage" Fire dates from approximately 1910. This type of heater was available around the turn of the (19th!) century.
#DINOTOPIA MOVIE THE LIGHT IN TOWER MOD#
My first guess was that it was a 1960s mod of a Victorian device, but it turns out I was wrong - the extremely modern looking innards are just as Victorian as it's outtards. In only slightly related news, reader Paul Hulbert sent me this device from the South Western Electricity Historical Society in Bristol, UK. Unfortunately, all are chromed stainless steel and not warm steampunk metals, but they do have some clever designs. Reader Joe Kesselman sent me a link to a Turkish company, Carisa, who is making hot water radiators in some very unique shapes. Here's some heat related goodness to warm you up this winter.
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