Silver wire explosion pattern Richard Carlile The Conservative Prime Minister Lord

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

During the General Election of 1868

Church of St Giles in the Fields

'The Nemesis of Neglect'

Silver wire explosion pattern Richard Carlile The Conservative Prime Minister LordThree 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