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George Wilhelm Richmann (1711-1753)

George Wilhelm Richmann (1711-1753)
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George Wilhelm Richmann (1711-1753)
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engraving
Date
c. 1905 AD (C20th AD)
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George Wilhelm Richmann (1711-1753) professor of Natural History at St Petersburg, Russia. Already interested in the electrical nature of thunderstorms, he repeated Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment and was killed by ball-lightning on 6 August 1753. The first person to be killed while conducting an electrical experiment. Engraving from "A travers l'Electricite" by Georges Dary (Paris, c1905).

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lightning / weather / physics / engraved image / scientist / science / research / dead person / lightning rod / 18th century / danger / death / vertical / scientific experiment / killing / electricity / only mid adult men / outdoors / misfortune / risk / two people / history / george wilhelm richmann / georges dary / a travers l'electricite / 1753

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