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Digging deep into our Archives to reveal GE products through the years.
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an old black and white photo with snowflakes on the front side of it
Geometry
Snowflake Pattern
The Science
Keep Warm
Science
Film
Pattern
Beyond the Microscope - 1922
A throwback to our "Beyond The Microscope" series, where we explain the science of snowflake patterns.
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In this 1936 episode of GE’s “Excursions in Science," a flag waving machine tests the principles of magnetism. Alternative Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, A Flag, Magnetism, Energy Sources, To Learn, Flag, Energy
Alternative Energy
Alternative Energy Sources
A Flag
Magnetism
Energy Sources
To Learn
Flag
Energy
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In this 1936 episode of GE’s “Excursions in Science," a flag waving machine tests the principles of magnetism.
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an airplane flying in the sky with clouds
Jet Engine
The First Americans
Aviation History
General Electric
Motion Picture
Motion
Twist
Excursions in Science: Jet Power - 1952
A 1952 episode of GE's "Excursions In Science" explain the workings of a propeller with an animated twist.
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a hand reaching for something on top of a shelf
Floating In Space
Science Education
In Space
Magnets
Force
Excursions in Science #1 - 1935
An educational GE short in the 1930's asks, "what is this mysterious force which makes an iron bar apparently so light that it floats in space?"
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an old black and white photo of a train going down the tracks with trees in the background
Travel
Trucks
Cars
Northern Lights
Train
Black And White
Natural Landmarks
White
#TBT Railroad engineer Don Wetzel & team bottled a pair of GE J47-19 jet engines to a railcar & set a speed record.
a black and white photo of the washington monument at night with trees in front of it
Fluorescent Lights
Pretty Views
Zen Moments
Fluorescent Light
World's Fair
The Next Generation
Next Generation
Change The World
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
An eerie view of the Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 New York World's Fair, where GE's fluorescent lights were first introduced. #GELighting #vintage #archives
a man sitting on top of a car parked in front of the capitol building with another person standing next to it
Electric Car
Electric Cars
First World
The Future
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
U.S. Congressman Sam Stratton poses proudly with a prototype for an #ElectricVehicle, the GE-100.
black and white photograph of people standing in front of a train
Zug
New York Central Railroad
Golden Spike
Standard Gauge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Train Art
Lionel Trains
New York Central
Old Trains
In 1966, Don Wetzel and his team of engineers strapped a pair of jet engines to a GE locomotive, setting a North American rail speed record.
an old airplane sitting on top of the water
Wright Brothers Plane
Wilbur Wright
Thomas Alva Edison
Wright Flyer
Michael Faraday
Iwo Jima
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Primary Sources
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
On May 22, 1906 Orville and Wilbur Wright received a patent for a "Flying Machine" with a motor. The two brothers wrote their patent application themselves in 1903, but it was rejected. It wasn't until they hired a patent attorney that it was granted for "new and useful improvements in flying machines."
two men in suits standing next to each other near large stacks of shelves and ladders
Creative Images
Business Technology
Getty Images
Royalty Free Stock Photos
Electricity
Stock Photos
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
After reconstructing the electrical path of a bolt that shattered his mirror, Charles Steinmetz was inspired to create a 120,000-volt artificial lightning generator.
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an image of a sci - fi robot and a golf cart
Sci Fi Films
Sci Fi
Sci Fi Movies
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
Take a glimpse at a precursor to some of your favorite sci-fi movies, the 1969 Cybernetic Anthropomorphous Machine, or more simply known as the Walking Truck.
two pictures of men sitting in chairs and one with a telescope
Astronomer
Sci-fi Spaceship
The Next
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
We’re working to update the innovations of the past for the future.
a red and blue circular ruler on a pink background
Retro Vintage
Electrical Transformers
Ayat Quran
Calculator
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
More than just a hypnotizing disc, this is a space propulsion calculator from the 1960s.
two men are looking at something on a machine
Scientists
Health Care
Diamonds
Energy Waves
Press Release
Time Travel
Lab
I Love
Newsroom
In 1955, our scientists duplicated diamonds in a lab.
a drawing of a machine on top of a piece of paper
Celluloid Film
White Boards
Thomas Edison
Scavenger Hunt
Next Generation and Future | General Electric
This is Thomas Edison’s patent for the kinetographic camera! It was the first motion picture camera to utilize rolled celluloid film.