A worm's eye view of a 50-foot high impulse generator used to produce man-made lightning in today's re-enactment of Franklin's famous experiment at Philadelphia 200 years ago. Generators such as these at General Electric's High Voltage Engineering Laboratory can produce 15,000,000 volts of artificial lightening.

General Electric Company1952-06-12

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Title: A worm's eye view of a 50-foot high impulse generator used to produce man-made lightning in today's re-enactment of Franklin's famous experiment at Philadelphia 200 years ago. Generators such as these at General Electric's High Voltage Engineering Laboratory can produce 15,000,000 volts of artificial lightening.
Creator: General Electric Company
Date Created: 1952-06-12
Location: Philadelphia – Philadelphia County - Pennsylvania
Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
Original Language: English
Subject Keywords: Inventors; Electrical apparatus; Towers; General Electric Company;
Type: Photograph
Publisher: General Electric Company
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