This page is dedicated to the memory of a high voltage showman who paid the ultimate price for his Art.

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.

R.I.P

Henry Leroy Transtrom

born: Nov 15th 1885

fried: Jan 5th 1951

He was a master of Tesla coils and high voltage, writing an excellent technical book on the subject entitled

'Electricity at high pressures and Frequencies'

(originally published 1913, Modern reprint by Lindsay publications).