Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10651
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
Lead-Tin alloy wire explosion pattern
Date
1787
After
Martin van Marum (1750 - 1837, Dutch) , Scientist
Object type
Library reference
44040
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 207mm
width (drawing): 265mm
width (drawing): 265mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Effects 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 physics.
Plate 9 from Eerste vervolg der proefneemingen, gedaan met Teyler’s electrizeer-machine...by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1787).
The plate is inscribed: “Pl. IX. ½ Lood ½ Tin.”
Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
Plate 9 from Eerste vervolg der proefneemingen, gedaan met Teyler’s electrizeer-machine...by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1787).
The plate is inscribed: “Pl. IX. ½ Lood ½ Tin.”
Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
Associated place