Electrical discharge Size:L: 80 x 60cm 26th April 1965

26th April 1965

Murphy was a successful racing driver of the early 1920s

Opening of the first railway line from St Petersburg to Pavlovsk

seated cross legged on

The group will wear their heavily studded black and silver costumes with specially sculptured boots

Electrical discharge Size:L: 80 x 60cm 26th April 1965Study 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