 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 514 Seiten
...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...secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief! 21. To determine the question, whether the clouds Q 2 that that contain lightning are electrified or... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 518 Seiten
...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...not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical £re silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that... | |
 | John Wesley - 1817 - 276 Seiten
...inch diameter) a wire may pass 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 rods silently draw off the electric fire before the cloud was nigh enough to strike, and thereby in... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...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...water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electral fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 546 Seiten
...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 Î Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electral fire silently out of a cloud before it came... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 552 Seiten
...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...secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief? 21. To determine the question, whether the clouds that contain lightning are electrified or not, I... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1894 - 810 Seiten
...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...secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief? " In 1753, Franklin formally recommended that pointed rods be placed on buildings to prevent their... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 576 Seiten
...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...probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a qloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible... | |
 | 1842 - 748 Seiten
...foot of these rods, a wire down to 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...thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief?1"* So completely was Franklin's mind occupied with the idea of the practical application... | |
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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? 
