


Electrical interrupter

Interrupter for induction coil (early form)
1870

Mercury interrupter
1860-1890

App's clockwork interrupter
1890

Large interrupter by Alfred Apps, London

Hammer break interrupter by Ducretet & Lejeune

Clockwork interrupter with wooden cover
1904

Jet interrupter with motor
1900

Electrical interrupter

Mackenzie Davidson interrupter by Cox
1902

Early form of mercury interrupter
1880
Mercury interrupter
Mercury interrupter and rectifier
1905-1909
Foucault-type mercury interrupter with twin Ruhmkorff commutators
Four pole Wehnelt electrolytic interrupter
1910
Mercury interrupter driven by an electric motor
1890-1899