Lead-Tin alloy wire explosion pattern Size:M: 75 x 60cm Kennet Wharf

Kennet Wharf

The background is a red cloth or draped hanging

The Manor of the Rose was the name given to a substantial residence in the parish of St Laurence Pountney

Unused illustration for the paper 'On the late extraordinary depression of the barometer'

Lead-Tin alloy wire explosion pattern Size:M: 75 x 60cm Kennet WharfEffects produced by the explosion of lead tin alloy 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 plasma