Illustration / corona discharge

Description

Lichtenberg figure, perspex block showing ionised paths of corona discharge from two million volt Van de Graaff generator, 1954 - 1956

Museum reference

T.1956.98

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Illustration / corona discharge

Production information

Tube Investments Ltd
Cambridgeshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1954 - 1956

Materials

Perspex

Physical description

Perspex

Associations

Eponym: Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison, 1901 - 1967

Exhibitions

• Enquire (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Hunting the Higgs Boson (27 Sep 2013 - 16 Feb 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

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