EXPLODING WIRES

CD 1967014 E&MP44.141

Electricity

November 5, 1927

Anderson spark at Mt. Wilson Observatory - a metal wire at the Mount Wilson Observatory explodes under the effect of the highest temperature ever reached by man -- 45,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

There is a [sic] teriffic bang and the wire disappears, but a hand held near it is unharmed. 

Original Caption by Science Service
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