Iron wire explosion pattern Size:M: 60 x 45cm with its front paws resting

with its front paws resting on a page inscribed

Inscribed: 'Plate 40

otherwise known as the Confederate States of America

which received royal assent on 21 June 1737

Iron wire explosion pattern Size:M: 60 x 45cm with its front paws restingTwo figures of effects produced by the explosion of iron 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