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Georg Richmann being killed by while repeating Benjamin Franklin's experiment on the electrical nature of lightning: struck by a fireball

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Engraving depicting Georg Richmann being killed by while repeating Benjamin Franklin's experiment on the electrical nature of lightning: struck by a fireball. Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711-1753) a Baltic German physicist, who proved that thunder clouds contain electric charge. Dated 19th century

Date

19e siècle

Crédit

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Notre référence

ARP23A17_331

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,0Mo (6,5Mo) / 31,3cm x 48,1cm / 3695 x 5676 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Engraving Engraved Illustration Illustrated Georg Wilhelm Richmann Baltic German Baltic German Germany Physicist Physics History of Physics History of Science Thunder Clouds Thunder Weather Nature Electric Electricity Electric Charge Charge Lightening Death Dead Deceased Experiment Experimentation Benjamin Franklin Struck Fireball 19th Century Engraving Engraved Illustration Illustrated Georg Wilhelm Ri