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Electric Injuries

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  • A boy's head touches an electric pylon as he attempts to retrieve his football on a ladder: public safety warning in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Kenya Power & Lighting Co., ca. 2000.
  • A boy's head touches an electric pylon as he attempts to retrieve his football on a ladder: public safety warning in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Kenya Power & Lighting Co., ca. 2000.

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    An account of a very extraordinary effect of lightning on a bullock : at Swanborow, in the parish of Iford near Lewes, in the county of Sussex / in sundry letters from Mr. James Lambert ... and one from William Green ... to William Henly. Read at the Royal Society, May 1, 1776.

    Lambert, James, 1725-1788. | Date: 1776
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    Working safely on substations : a guide for competent persons working with the National Grid Company / National Grid Company.

    | Date: 2001
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    Accidents from the electric current : a contribution to the study of the action of currents of high potential upon the human organism / by Philip Coombs Knapp.

    Knapp, Philip Coombs. | Date: 1890
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    Accidents oculaires provoqués par l'électricité / par le docteur A. van Lint.

    Lint, A. van. | Date: 1909
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    Der elektrische Unfall : skizziert für Ingenieur und Arzt / von Stefan Jellinek.

    Jellinek, Stefan, 1871-1968. | Date: 1931
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