“Gatling Gun” -- an electrostatic generator introduced by Ratheon’s Macalaster Scientific Company, Nashua, N.H., creates artificial lightning for study by science students. Plastic cylinder ringed by aluminum rods rotates at high speed to build up charges of 85,000 volts that spark between balls in foreground. Unlike traditional generators of greater complexity and cost, the new Macalaster classroom apparatus is unaffected by humidity.

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Title:
“Gatling Gun” -- an electrostatic generator introduced by Ratheon’s Macalaster Scientific Company, Nashua, N.H., creates artificial lightning for study by science students. Plastic cylinder ringed by aluminum rods rotates at high speed to build up charges of 85,000 volts that spark between balls in foreground. Unlike traditional generators of greater complexity and cost, the new Macalaster classroom apparatus is unaffected by humidity.
Description:
[Information from item housing] General Electric Company
Date:
[ca. February 1969]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Business enterprises
General Electric Company
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 206 x 260 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ks65mc28j
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001215_0005
Barcode:
39999088103237