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Demonstration of artificial lightning with lightning generator in laboratory of Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz
General Electric Company
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
Charles Steinmetz leads a demonstration of the first million-volt lightning generator. Steinmetz, who developed the theory of transient phenomena, used the lightning generator to study power surges in electrical systems in a controlled setting. He is pictured with two of his assistants, Joseph LeRoy Hayden and N. A. Lougee
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- Title: Demonstration of artificial lightning with lightning generator in laboratory of Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz
- Creator: General Electric Company
- Location: Schenectady, New York
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Subject Keywords: Charles Steinmetz, Electricity, Lightning, Inventors
- Type: Photograph
- Publisher: General Electric Company
- Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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