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Meanwhile, somewhere in 18th century England...

...in January 1747, some adventurous cove is fannying around with electricity.  I guess J. Smeaton got some form of precursor to a Van der Graaf generator in his Christmas stocking.  I imagine there were other members of the household willingly, or otherwise, employed in assisting Mr. Smeaton in his experimentation.  I am not sure suspending an anvil by silk cords is an easy task for one man.




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