| Klaas Aperture | |
|---|---|
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Origin |
Klaas Kruik "Nicolaas Samuelszoon Kruik |
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Type |
Electrical Focusing Device |
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Function |
Can focus ambient electrical energy into controlled lightning strikes. |
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Location |
Georgia Sector |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 11 |
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Retrieval |
1788 |
| [Source] | |
Origin[]
Originally invented in 1757 by Nicolaas Kruik (2 December 1678 – 5 February 1754), for the use of weather phenomena and its ability to focus lighting strikes, it was collected by Warehouse 11.
Nicolaas Samuelszoon Kruik (Latin: Nicolaus Samuelis Cruquius; 2 December 1678 in West-Vlieland – 5 February 1754 in Spaarndam), also known as Klaas Kruik and Nicolaes Krukius, was a Dutch land surveyor, cartographer, astronomer and weatherman. He is commemorated by the Museum De Cruquius.
He was a perfectionist who liked to measure things and he calculated temperature measurements in Fahrenheit from 1706 to 1734. His historical calculations are still used today by the KNMI, the Dutch meteorological institute. He not only measured weather changes in wind speed, rainfall, air pressure, temperature, and humidity, but also measured sea level. His method of visualising planes of water level to illustrate contours of depth (isobaths) in his map of the Merwede (1728) was the first of its kind. He was an advocate of pumping out the Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem lake), which was done a century after his death.
Effects[]
Can focus ambient energy into controlled lightning strikes. Using ambient energy takes time for the aperture device to actually send a bolt of lightning, using a energy artifact as a battery will speed up the time of lightning generation.
Collection[]
Collected by Warehouse 11.
Used sometimes in Contingency Options to induce focused lightning strikes.