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  1. PLAYING WITH A MILLION VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY

    Date other
    25 May 1929
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    387491
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Scientists at General Electric plant kindle tremendous power discharges in insulator tests, New York.

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  2. Smt356 Videocassette 2 (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min., 1999 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A: Demonstrates the power of Gauss’s Law both in the way it can be used to help to calculate the electric field near some arrangements of charge and to understand what is going on in some practical...

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  3. The Other Man’s Job: Mica the Vital Insulator

    Date released
    6 Nov 1944
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/60; Paramount Issue No.: 1428
    NoS ID
    156741
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The separation of sheets of mica. Mica mixed with shellac and made solid - then pressed into sheets. Uses include: insulation of electrodes of radio valves for use in field and in air and sea.

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  4. Pylon men

    Series name
    Astra Gazette
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    000050
    Story no
    1 / 4

    Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 9/17/56 PYLON STORY. (Basingstoke) MS Three men lifting up large insulator into position at foot of pylon - we pan slowly up to show side of pylon. LS Pylon MS...

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  5. HIGH TENSION

    Date released
    Jan 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    345729
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Leatherhead Electricity Research Station power lines, and high voltage experiments by the B.E.A. NCB Commentary - This is a common enough happening - and this. What’s being done about it?...

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  6. Materials For Safety: Fireproof Cable

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    239
    NoS ID
    325989
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: New materials are developed for strength, for lightness, for cheapness or to improve industrial processes. But some materials, as we discover this week, are developed purely to increase safety....

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