Henry Leroy Transtrom
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Henry Leroy Transtrom (1885-1951) was an American inventor and showman who worked with high voltage electricity. His book, Electricity at high pressures and Frequencies, (1913) is still used as a guide for constructing homemade Tesla coils.
Transtrom was best known for his dramatic performances which made use of electricity. For his "Lightning Man" demonstrations, he stood on a large Tesla coil which made sparks (electrical discharges) come out from his outstretched fingertips. Eventually Transtrom was electrocuted during one of his demonstrations when one of these long sparks reached a curtain rod, drawing enough current to kill him. He became one of only three people to have been killed by Tesla coil.
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