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... lightning would be extinguished by its passage through the water . If this were the case , fishes , it would seem , must be safe . But it appears , on the contrary , that when , in 1670 , the lightning struck the lake of Zirknitz ...
... lightning would be extinguished by its passage through the water . If this were the case , fishes , it would seem , must be safe . But it appears , on the contrary , that when , in 1670 , the lightning struck the lake of Zirknitz ...
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... lightning ; for con- servatories have been struck , and eight hundred panes of glass destroyed and the frames left ; and not always by the jar , for sometimes fine punctures , such as electricity alone can produce , are found in the ...
... lightning ; for con- servatories have been struck , and eight hundred panes of glass destroyed and the frames left ; and not always by the jar , for sometimes fine punctures , such as electricity alone can produce , are found in the ...
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... lightning ; though it may be very true that , when churches are struck , those who have hold of the ropes are eminently exposed to the charge . The reputation of the bells for preventing the strokes of lightning did not suffer by the ...
... lightning ; though it may be very true that , when churches are struck , those who have hold of the ropes are eminently exposed to the charge . The reputation of the bells for preventing the strokes of lightning did not suffer by the ...
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... lightning - rods which stand erect upon the earth , such as the mountain pinnacles or the forests , the charge , which accumulates in the upper regions of the air , is silently drawn or is otherwise brought down to the earth . Mr ...
... lightning - rods which stand erect upon the earth , such as the mountain pinnacles or the forests , the charge , which accumulates in the upper regions of the air , is silently drawn or is otherwise brought down to the earth . Mr ...
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tion from lightning cannot be claimed even in the neighborhood of a good lightning - rod . And a tree may add to the danger , instead of lessening it , for one who stands too near the trunk or under the overhanging branches , since the ...
tion from lightning cannot be claimed even in the neighborhood of a good lightning - rod . And a tree may add to the danger , instead of lessening it , for one who stands too near the trunk or under the overhanging branches , since the ...
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