Archives online exhibitions
Online exhibitions from material held in the Archives. Subjects include Arc Lamps, Domestic Lighting, Michael Faraday, Medical Electricity, Science of Sound, British Radar in World War II and Women in engineering.
British Radar in World War Two
Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) was first developed in Britain in the 1930s. This online exhibition looks at the scientists and engineers behind the development of radar during World War Two.
Domestic lighting exhibition
This online exhibition explores electric lighting within the home and how it made a huge difference to improving the lives of people. It briefly describes life before electricity, early developments in lighting and how the benefits of electricity were promoted.
Michael Faraday online exhibition
An online exhibition looking at the life and work of Michael Faraday with particular emphasis on his work as a lecturer, his travels in Europe, his correspondence with artists and his interest in photography.
Medical electricity
This online exhibition looks at how electricity in a medical capacity has developed from the Antiquities through to the early twentieth century. Quack treatments are examined alongside studies of anatomy leading up to the discovery of X Rays and the use of electricity in medicine today.
The Science of Sound exhibition
An exhibition looking at one of the five senses- hearing and how this is of interest to scientists and engineers. From early acoustic experiments to the development of digital technology, we follow the ongoing investigation into the science of sound.
Women in engineering exhibition
Women engineers in the last century had two problems: first, the struggle to gain training, jobs and acceptance and second, how to use engineering to lighten women's domestic burden. We tell this story in "Emancipation from Drudgery", an exhibition on the history of the Women's Engineering Society and the Electrical Association for Women.
New Electricity Timeline poster!
The IET Archives has been involved with creating a fun timeline poster that illustrates the key achievements in the history of electricity up to 1900. It features original images from the IET Archives' collections and information on important dates.You can order your free poster from the IET Education 5-19 department, alternatively you can view it by downloading it from the link below.
Electricity timeline poster
(1199 k) Updated January 2009
Free Archives Exhibition brochures!
If you would like to receive a free copy of one of the IET's Archive brochures that accompanied our past exhibitions held at Savoy Place please contact us and we shall post them out to you. Topics covered are: "Sailing Ship to Satellite- the Transatlantic Connection"; "The BBC at Savoy Place 1923-1932"; "Secret Machines- British Code-Breaking during World War II" and "A new kind of vision- the discovery of X-rays".
