German physicist Georg Wilhelm Richmann.
Sujet

German physicist Georg Wilhelm Richmann.

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German physicist Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1722-1753) killed by ball lightning in his laboratory in St Petersburg, Russia, on 6 August 1753 whilst repeating Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment: he was the first person to be killed while conducting an electrical experiment. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870.

Date

1870

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Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive

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UMG23A59_184

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Non

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Droits gérés

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50,6Mo (6,3Mo) / 30,6cm x 41,4cm / 3614 x 4893 (300dpi)

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