A HUMAN CONDUCTOR.
A man who permits a current of 400,000 volts —more than 500 times that used for death sentences in the United States —to be passed through his body has been startling visitors to the Mechanics Fair at Turin, Italy. The feat causes him no physical discomfort. When the current is passing through him he can produce enormous sparks by putting his fingers together, light up neon signs placed some distance away from him and produce incandescence in an ordinary electric light globe. How it is done is kept secret, but spectator* are assured that there is "positively no deception."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 113, 14 May 1936, Page 18
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102A HUMAN CONDUCTOR. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 113, 14 May 1936, Page 18
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