Picture No | 10010353 |
Date | 1753 |
Description | Georg Wilhelm Richmann Struck by Lightning |
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Georg Wilhelm Richmann, at Saint Petersburg, performing electrical experiment during a thunderstorm, is killed by a small fireball which is attracted by his instruments
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Source | Gilbert in Tissandier, Les Martyrs de la Science page 9 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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