Lightning, Thunder
AND
Lightning Conductors.
WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE RECENT CONTROVERSY ON LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.
BY
GERALD MOLLOY, D. D., D. Sc.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK:
THE HUMBOLDT PUBLISHING CO.,
28 LAFAYETTE PLACE.
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Lightning, Thunder, and Lightning Conductors.
CONTENTS.
| LECTURE I. | Pages 5-26 |
| LIGHTNING AND THUNDER. | |
| Identity of Lightning and Electricity—Franklin’s Experiment—Fatal Experiment of Richman—Immediate Cause of Lightning—Illustration from Electric Spark—What a Flash of Lightning Is—Duration of a Flash of Lightning—Experiments of Professor Rood—Wheatstone’s Experiments—Experiment with Rotating Disc—Brightness of a Flash of Lightning—Various Forms of Lightning—Forked Lightning, Sheet Lightning, Globe Lightning—St. Elmo’s Fire—Experimental Illustration—Origin of Lightning—Length of a Flash of Lightning—Physical Cause of Thunder—Rolling of Thunder—Succession of Peals—Variation of Intensity—Distance of a Flash of Lightning | |
| LECTURE II. | Pages 26-53 |
| LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. | |
| Destructive Effects of Lightning—Destruction of Buildings—Destruction of Ships at Sea—Destruction of Powder Magazines—Experimental Illustrations—Destruction of Life by Lightning—The Return Shock—Franklin’s Lightning Rods—Introduction of Lightning Rods into England—The Battle of Balls and Points—Functions of a Lightning Conductor—Conditions of a Lightning Conductor—Mischief Done by Bad Conductors—Evil Effects of a Bad Earth Contact—Danger from Rival Conductors—Insulation of Lightning Conductors—Personal Safety in a Thunder Storm—Practical Rules—Security Afforded by Lightning Rods | |
| APPENDIX. | Pages 55-62 |
| RECENT CONTROVERSY ON LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. | |
| Theory of Lightning Conductors Challenged—Lectures of Professor Lodge—Short Account of his Views and Arguments—Effect of Self-Induction on a Lightning Rod—Experiment on the Discharge of a Leyden Jar—Outer Shell only of a Lightning Rod Acts as a Conductor—Discussion at the Meeting of[Pg 4] the British Association, September, 1888—Statement by Mr. Preece—Lord Rayleigh and Sir William Thomson—Professor Rowland and Professor Forbes— ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |