Henry Transtrom

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=300 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="20b976a0.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="106" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This page is dedicated to the memory of a high voltage showman who paid the ultimate price for his Art. </div> <div> During a public performance of the lightning man stunt, the sparks from his fingertips connected with a curtain rail, and that was it; he died on the spot. </div> <div> R.I.P </div> <div> Henry Leroy Transtrom<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT></div> <div> born: Nov 15th 1885 </div> <div> fried: Jan 5th 1951 </div> <div> <IMG SRC="1246b5e0.jpg" border=0 width="107" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> He was a master of Tesla coils and high voltage, writing an excellent technical book on the subject entitled </div> <div> <I>'</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>Electricity at high pressures and Frequencies'</I></FONT><I> </I></div> <div> (originally published 1913, Modern reprint by Lindsay publications).</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Voltini.com</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Voltini.com"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Voltini Sideshows"><U>Voltini Sideshows</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Electrocution Show"><U>Electrocution Show</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Electric Chair"><U>Electric Chair</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HVFX"><U>HVFX</U></A>   |   <B>Henry Transtrom</B>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walford Bodie"><U>Walford Bodie</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Professor Sparks"><U>Professor Sparks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carl Von Cosel"><U>Carl Von Cosel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Curiosities"><U>Curiosities</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Accident page"><U>Accident page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U>Contact</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shop"><U>Shop</U></A></div> <div> Henry Transtrom</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="077ae400.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="320" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The late Henry Transtrom performs the lightning man stunt that killed him<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="078e5720.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="370" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Here he is lighting a bulb with an electrode held in his mouth...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07989470.jpg" border=0 width="393" height="327" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ...and how about a high voltage facewash?</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07a527e0.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>"If held too close the sensation is unpleasant, like the pricking of a thousand needles, but when held just close enough to feel the spray the sensation is rather agreeable."</I> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walford Bodie"><U><IMG SRC="07cceb00.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Click the pic...</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>