| American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 Seiten
..." If those things are so [/'. <?., 'if the fire of electricity and that of lightning be the same'] may not the knowledge of this power of points be of...to mankind in preserving houses, churches, ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning by directing us to fix on the highest points of those edifices upright... | |
| American Philosophical Society - 1894 - 810 Seiten
...says: " If those things are so [ie, 'if the fire of electricity and that of lightning be the same'] may not the knowledge of this power of points be of...to mankind in preserving houses, churches, ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning by directing us to fix on the highest points of those edifices upright... | |
| 1842 - 748 Seiten
...shall see how electrified clouds, passing over hills or high buildings at too great a height to strike, may be attracted lower till within their striking...to mankind in preserving houses, churches, ships, ike., from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix, on tli£ highest parts of those edifices,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 664 Seiten
...yet, being first deprived of ils fire, it cannot, and the punch is thereby secured from the stroke : / say, if these things are so, may not the knowledge...to mankind in preserving houses, churches, ships, of c., from the stroke of lightning, by directing us toßx, on the highest parts of those edißces,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 628 Seiten
...yet, being first deprived of its fire, it cannot, and the punch is thereby secured from the stroke : / say, if these things are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind m preserving houses, churches, ships, ¿jc.,from the stroke of lightning, by directiig us to ßx, on... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 Seiten
...deprived of its fire, it cannot, and the punch is thereby secured from the stroke : / say, if these thmgs are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind m preserving houses, churches, ships, <SC.,from the stroke of lightning, by directing vs lojix, on... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1849 - 630 Seiten
...the scale silently at a much greater than the striking distance, and so prevent its descending toward the punch ; or if in its course it would have come...knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind in pifserving houses, churches, s/iips, &fc.,from the stroke of lightning, by direct' ing us to fix, on... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 Seiten
...conductors, or " lightningrods," for the protection of buildings. " If these things be so," wrote he — " ed, points of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt (at the points) to... | |
| University magazine - 1850 - 794 Seiten
...of buildings. " If these things be so," wrote he — "May not the knowledge of this power of poinU be of use to mankind in preserving houses, churches,...of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest pointa of those edifices upright rods of iron made sharp аз a needle, and gilt (nt the points) to... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1850 - 614 Seiten
...its fire, it cannot, and the punch is thereby secured from the stroke : / say, if these things arc so, may not the knowledge of this power of points...to mankind in preserving houses, churches, ships, <$fc.,from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices,... | |
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