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Lightning conductors

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    Experiments concerning the different efficacy of pointed and blunted rods, in securing buildings against the stroke of lightning / [William Henley].

    William Henley | Date: 1774
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    Experiments on electricity, being an attempt to shew the advantage of elevated pointed conductors. By Mr. Edward Nairne, F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, June 18 and 25, 1778

    Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806. | Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
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    Experiments on electricity, : being an attempt to shew the advantage of elevated pointed conductors. / By Mr. Edward Nairne, F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, June 18 and 25, 1778.

    Edward Nairne | Date: 1779
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    Dell'uso de' conduttori metallici a preservazione degli edifizi contro de' fulmini, nuova apologia. Colla descrizione del conduttore della pubblica specola di Padova / Di Giuseppe Toaldo ... Con una lettera del Sig. Franklin.

    Giuseppe Toaldo | Date: 1774

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