Part 3 ANNEX E -- RETROSPECTIVE

**From Mont Olympus to global atmospherics**

# A chronological sampling of time capsules about recording surge occurrences

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| Circa | Ch       | Instrumentation  | Motivation | Hyperlinks to    |
|       | aracters |                  |            | Anthology files  |
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| Greek | Zeus     | The original     | Avoid the  | Homer et al.     |
|       |          | *Sight and       | wrath of   |                  |
| Anti  |          | Sound* displays  | Zeus & Co. | (Sorry, no       |
| quity |          |                  |            | hyperlink)       |
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| 1     | Ben      | Kites and carts  | In         | Philosophical    |
| 8^th^ | Franklin |                  | tellectual | Transactions     |
|       |          |                  | curiosity  |                  |
| Ce    |          |                  |            | of the Royal     |
| ntury |          |                  | Exploding  | Society,         |
|       |          |                  | powder     |                  |
|       |          |                  | magazines  | London, 1772     |
|       |          |                  |            |                  |
|       |          |                  |            | (Sorry, no       |
|       |          |                  |            | hyperlink)       |
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| Thi   | Foust    | First generation | Power      | [Foust           |
| rties | and      | cathode-ray      | systems    | 1931](http://www |
|       |          | oscilloscopes    | exposure   | .eeel.nist.gov/8 |
|       | S        |                  | to         | 11/spd-anthology |
|       | teinmetz | Lichtenberg      | lightning  | /Foust 1931.pdf) |
|       |          | figures recorder |            |                  |
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| Early | Bosworth | Automatic        | Capture    | [Residential     |
|       | and      | oscilloscopes    | waveforms  | Surges](ht       |
| Si    |          | with camera      |            | tp://www.eeel.ni |
| xties | C        |                  |            | st.gov/811/spd-a |
|       | howdhuri |                  |            | nthology/Residen |
|       |          |                  |            | tial Surges.pdf) |
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| Mid   | M        | One-level peak   | Transients | [1. Res&Ind      |
|       | artzloff | detectors and    | statistics | Surges           |
| Si    |          | counters         |            | ](http://www.eee |
| xties |          |                  |            | l.nist.gov/811/s |
|       |          |                  |            | pd-anthology/Res |
|       |          |                  |            | &Ind surges.pdf) |
|       |          |                  |            |                  |
|       |          |                  |            | [2. Surge        |
|       |          |                  |            | counte           |
|       |          |                  |            | r](http://www.ee |
|       |          |                  |            | el.nist.gov/811/ |
|       |          |                  |            | spd-anthology/Su |
|       |          |                  |            | rge-Counter.pdf) |
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| Early | Allen    | One-level peak   | Transient  | [Discuss         |
|       | and      | detectors        | and sag    | A&S](http://www. |
| Seve  | Segall   |                  | statistics | eeel.nist.gov/81 |
| nties |          | Storage          |            | 1/spd-anthology/ |
|       |          | oscilloscopes    |            | Discuss A&S.pdf) |
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| Eig   | M        | Automatic        | Varistor   | [Winning         |
| hties | artzloff | oscilloscopes    | field      | Rematch]         |
|       |          | with camera      | failures   | (http://www.eeel |
|       |          |                  |            | .nist.gov/811/sp |
|       |          |                  |            | d-anthology/Winn |
|       |          |                  |            | ing Rematch.pdf) |
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| Eig   | Dranetz  | First generation | Emergence  | [Discuss         |
| hties | and      | portable         | of power   | A&E&             |
|       |          | multi-function   | quality    | M](http://www.ee |
|       | M        | with print out   | awareness  | el.nist.gov/811/ |
|       | cEachern | capability       |            | spd-anthology/Di |
|       |          |                  |            | scuss A&E&M.pdf) |
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| Late  | Orville, | Lightning        | Planning   | [http://www.lig  |
| eigh  | Cummins, | Detection        | for        | htningstorm.com] |
| ties, |          | Network          | lightning  | (http://www.ligh |
| nin   | et al.   |                  | protection | tningstorm.com/) |
| eties |          |                  |            |                  |
|       |          |                  |            | (A commercial    |
|       |          |                  |            | site)            |
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| Nin   | E        | Second           | Power      | [Galore](http:/  |
| eties | verybody | generation       | quality    | /www.eeel.nist.g |
|       |          | multi-function   | issues     | ov/811/spd-antho |
|       |          | with remote      |            | logy/Galore.pdf) |
|       |          | reading          |            |                  |
|       |          | capability       |            |                  |
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| 2     |          | Embedded Power   |            | [PQ              |
| 1^st^ |          | Quality monitors |            | Monitorin        |
|       |          |                  |            | g](http://www.ee |
| Ce    |          |                  |            | el.nist.gov/811/ |
| ntury |          |                  |            | spd-anthology/PQ |
|       |          |                  |            |  Monitoring.pdf) |
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