
Vital Electricity
You're Dead to Me
The Safety of Monks
In 1790, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt put an electrode in his mouth and turned on the power. Olga would like you to read his description of how that felt,. You think people in the olden times are so sophisticated? And it's showing that electricity can pass through people all the way through and affect all of them. So imagine a line of 180 royal guardsmen holding hands, leaping into the air simultaneously as the jolt passes through them. I've seen pictures of Regency, ladies and gents doing that trick and the comfort of their own drawing rooms.
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