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.

  • James Lambert
Date:
1776
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    13/68 page 13
    “ probably th e fame, or at leaft modifications of the fame “ principle; therefore, red bodies are perhaps replete “ with eleCtric matter, while white bodies may be defti- “ tute of it (!>). A body faturated with it cannot receive “ more, and may efcape, while a neighbouring body, not “ calculated to receive it, may, on its admiffion, be de- * “ ftroyedro. Or there may exill: a chemical affinity be- “ tween electricity and the different rays of light, which, “ in attracting fome, and repelling others, may be the “ foundation of many curious phenomena. But, while “ we admire the effects; the habitudes and modus ope- “ randi of thefe fubtile fluids may, perhaps, for ever “ elude the cognizance of our fenfes.” (b) Many fubftances mull certainly be excepted from this rule. w. henly, (c) This edfeCt of lightning generally happens to fuch bodies which, in fome meafure, refill: its entrance, &c. merely on account of their being imperfect conductors, w. henly.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3