The Lightning and the Cage
In 1836, Michael Faraday stepped inside a wire mesh enclosure at the Royal Institution in London and invited his colleagues to blast it with thousands...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Proverbs 18:10.
In 1836, Michael Faraday stepped inside a wire mesh enclosure at the Royal Institution in London and invited his colleagues to blast it with thousands of volts of electricity. Sparks crackled across the outside of the cage. The air smelled of ozone. Yet Faraday stood inside, perfectly calm, completely unharmed. The metal shell conducted every surge around him, not through him.…
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