Electric lighting in the ministry of war. Steam engine, 25 dynamic horsepower, model clayton —1. Gramme machine, workshop type —2. Generating machine, hiram maxim system, automatic current regulator—3. Dynamo-electric machine, by hiram maxim, to produce light current, with two collectors. —4. Gramme machine, with five light sources. Main staircase of the buenavista palace, illuminated with an electric arc lamp. —models of the lamps equivalent to 100 cárcel lighters, installed in the gardens. On the night of june 27, the official inauguration of the electric lighting established by the spanish electricity society took place in the buenavista palace, in the gardens and in various rooms of the ministry of war, with numerous guests, enlightened and distinguished people, witnessing the event, who expressed true satisfaction at the happy success of such a brilliant experiment. Date: 8 July 1882.
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