 | American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 páginas
...reaches the water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby...secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief?" In 1753, Franklin formally recommended that pointed rods be placed on buildings to prevent their being... | |
 | 1847 - 662 páginas
...to the earth or water, probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came near enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief?* So fully is this sagacious man possessed of the idea that lightning is electricity, that he immediately... | |
 | William Sturgeon - 1842 - 274 páginas
...not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came near enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief?" This philosopher, however, subsequently recommended continuous iron rods, of about half or three quarters... | |
 | 1842 - 748 páginas
...not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigli enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief ?"* So completely was Franklin's mind occupied with the idea of the practical application of science,... | |
 | 1856 - 606 páginas
...the water ? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby...secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief ?" The tenor of the whole passage of M. Arago is to show that the merit was in conjecturing the identity... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 páginas
...reaches the water? Would not these pomted rods probably draw the electrical ßre silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby...secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief? "To determine this question, whether the clouds that contain lightning be electrified or not, I would... | |
 | Charles Barlow - 1772 - 496 páginas
...not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came near enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief ? " He however subsequently recommended iron rods of about J to * of an inch diameter, which were to... | |
 | 1847 - 644 páginas
...reach the water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that sudden and terrible mischief?" The prophetic sagacity of science was never so happily illustrated,... | |
 | University magazine - 1850 - 794 páginas
...till it reaches the water ? Would not these pointed nxb probably draw the electric fire out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby...us from that most sudden and terrible mischief."* It is known to every one, that after this Franklin established his theory by the celebrated experiment... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 páginas
...it reaches the water 1 Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electric fire out of a clond irest thing to mortal eyes. " No more, no more ; my heart doth faint, When I the life recallOf ?"f It is known .to every one, that after this Franklin established his theory by the celebrated experiment... | |
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... needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground, or down round one of the shrouds of a ship, and down her side till it reaches the water ? Would not these pointed rods probably... 
