 | Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1895 - 330 Seiten
...churches, ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest part of those edifices upright rods of iron, made sharp as a 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... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1898 - 444 Seiten
...churches, ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a 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 the shrouds of a... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 1150 Seiten
...churches, ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle,...and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of the rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground, or down round one of the shrouds... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 554 Seiten
...churches, ships, &c from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a 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... | |
 | Albert Sidney Bolles - 1899 - 568 Seiten
...houses, churches and shops from a stroke of lightning by directing us to fix on the highest part of those edifices upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle,...and gilt, to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground. Would not these rods probably draw... | |
 | Henry W. Spang - 1902 - 90 Seiten
...lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest points of these edifices upright rods of iron, made as sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the point of these rods a wire run down the outside of the building into the ground, or down round one... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 378 Seiten
...churches, ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning by directing us to fix on the highest parts of the edifices upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle,...rods a wire down the outside of the building into the grounds, or down round one of the shrouds of a ship and down her side till it reaches the water? Would... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 508 Seiten
...upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into...down round one of the shrouds of a ship, and down her side till it reaches the water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 524 Seiten
...churches, ships, &c. from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a 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... | |
 | Pennsylvania Society of New York - 1906 - 244 Seiten
...churches, ships, etc. from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest part of those edifices upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle...and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the side of the building into the ground or down one of the shrouds of a ship... | |
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... 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? 
