Material on the figures and pressed down lightly. Therefore l placed a piece of black paper smeared with a viscous I could not prevent these same figures, which I had justĮrased, from shining forth once more, and somehow, more brightly. Presented itself to me, when I saw that these figures could not beĮasily erased, as I tried to wipe away the dust with a feather or a There were clouds of different shape and shadows that were Were formed, similar to those which frozen moisture produces on glass There were arcs, unclear on their concave Sometimes there appeared almost innumerable stars, Scattered, there were very beautiful and definite figures, not unlike anĮngraved design. Pale at first, but as the dust was more abundantly and energetically Much to my great joy, it gathered to form little stars, dim and Out that the dust, as it settled on the base, did not cover itĬompletely, as it previously had covered the disc, but only in certainĪreas. When I held the disc suspended from the ceiling of my room, it turned The shaving of the instrument's base or stand, on the walls and books.Īs soon as a draft in the air arose, the dust fell, much to myĪnnoyance, on the conducting disc of the Electrophore. "At the beginning of spring 1777, after the completion of the newĮlectrophore, everything in my little room was still covered withĮxtremely fine resinous dust that had settled, between the scraping and Blain, Classics Department at McGill University) contains the following passage that describes Lichtenberg's initial discovery: Lichtenberg's translated paper is contained in Appendix A of a Masters thesis by Mark A Payrebrune ("Experimental Morphology of Lichtenberg Figures", McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1979). The English translation of the title is, "Concerning the New Method Of Investigating the Professor Lichtenberg first observed this in 1777,ĭemonstrated the phenomenon to his physics students and peers, and reported his findings in his memoir (in Latin): De Nova Methodo Naturam Ac Motum Fluidi Electrici Investigandi (Göttinger Plates of resin in the laboratory of their discoverer, German That formed when airborne dust settled on the surface of electrically-charged The first Lichtenberg figures were actually 2-dimensional "dust figures" " Lichtenberg figures" are branching, tree-like patterns thatĪre created by the passage of high voltage electrical discharges along the surface, or inside,Įlectrically insulating materials ( dielectrics). See our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) or our one-page explanation for a quick overview of how these beautiful objects are created, or you can get all the details from this web page. Microscopic hair-like tips ultimately disappear into the acrylic. Unlike laser art, every one of our sculptures is a one-of-a-kindīranch, the discharge channels become increasingly thinner.
Sculptures contains an incredibly detailed fractal-like discharge Than 100 billionths of a second! The resulting sculpture above isīy blue light emitting diodes (LED's). Towards the left layer, forming a complex, beautifully Additional discharges then grew from the right layer Miniature "lightning" that propagated upward through the nearest The escaping electrons created a brilliant flash of The charge layer on the right side was then manuallyĭischarged. Intensely-charged layers of excess electrons inside the specimen, each Specimen was rotated 180 degrees, and additional electrons Electrons were injected into one side, the This Captured Lightning® sculpture was created by injecting trillions of Doubly-Irradiated "Windblown Lightning" Sculpture
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