Silver wire explosion pattern Richard Carlile In November 1864

In November 1864

The Conservative Prime Minister Lord Beaconsfield (on the left) and his Foreign Secretary

During the General Election of 1868

on the London and Brighton Railway

Silver wire explosion pattern Richard Carlile In November 1864Three figures of effects produced by the explosion of silver 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