A guide to the scientific knowledge of things familiar / by the Rev. Dr. Brewer.

  • E. Cobham Brewer
Date:
[1858]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide to the scientific knowledge of things familiar / by the Rev. Dr. Brewer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Q, Why is the middle of a room more safe than oAiy other part of it, in a thunder-storm? A. Because the lightning (if it struck the room at all) would come down the chimney or walls of the room; and therefore, the further distant from these the better. Q. Why is a matteess, bed, or hearth- EUG a security, to a certain extent, against injury from lightning ? A. Because they are all non-con- ductors ; and, as lightning always makes choice of the best conductors, it would not choose for its path such things as these. Q. Is an IE0>' BEDSTEAD dangcrous in a storm ? A. No ; for it is so good a conductor that the electricity would pass down it in preference to the animal fluids. Q. Is a man in metal armofe in danger from lightning ? A. No; for the armour is so good a conductor that the electricity would pass along it in preference lo the fluids of the human body.