Lead-Tin alloy wire explosion pattern batting Plate 9 from Ichnographia speculae

Plate 9 from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta (London

View of visitors arriving at the east end of the pavilion on Holborn Viaduct

looking north showing a street scene on the bridge

He was wounded in the thigh by a gun fired from Endeavour

Two men stand by a coach at left - one is loading or unloading a trunk

Lead-Tin alloy wire explosion pattern batting Plate 9 from Ichnographia speculaeEffects 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