Iron wire explosion pattern Product:Postcard He has lived riotously

He has lived riotously

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Unused illustration intended for the paper 'On the mechanism of the spine'

Charles G B Daubeny was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1822

Iron wire explosion pattern Product:Postcard He has lived riotouslyTwo figures of effects produced by the explosion of iron wire positioned over a sheet of paper or glass when subjected to a high voltage electrical current. This was provided by the electrostatic generator and associated machinery designed by John Cuthbertson (bap. 1743 d. 1821) for Martin van Marum and installed at Teyler's Museum at Haarlem in the Netherlands. The results of these experiments are considered to be an early milestone in high energy