Word: goetze
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Volts, The Germans, Drs. F. Lange and A. Brasch, would have had their expenses paid to Pasadena, if they had been able to get away from their research at the University of Berlin. In lieu of their presence, they sent a report, read by Dr. Alexander Goetz of Caltech, which caused much amazement. In 1927 the two first rigged a wire between two peaks at Monte Generoso, near the Italian-Swiss border. That is a region of frequent and violent thunderstorms. Like Benjamin Franklin, the Germans intended to bring lightning to earth. When the rigging was set and lightning bolted...