Electrical discharge watcher 'Coming Down

'Coming Down

King Louis Phillippe of France being greeted at New Cross Station

said to have been occupied by Anne Boleyn's father Sir Thomas Boleyn

on 12th February

Electrical discharge watcher 'Coming DownStudy of patterns produced by electrical discharges on surfaces revealed by dusting with powdered red lead and sulphur. Sometimes termed 'Lichtenberg figures'. These experiments were conducted at Cragside in Northumberland, England, using a Wimshurst machine (electrostatic generator) and two 10 gallon Leiden jars. Current was conveyed to two rod conductors with a spark gap at which coated wires discs or plates were positioned. Lord Armstrong exhibited