Directions for insuring personal safety during storms of thunder and lightning, and for the right application of conductors to houses and other buildings / [John Leigh].

  • Leigh, John, Esq., Jnr.
Date:
[1835?]
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Credit: Directions for insuring personal safety during storms of thunder and lightning, and for the right application of conductors to houses and other buildings / [John Leigh]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of lightning have been felt at a distance of forty yards or more from the object struck, and when it could only be conducted by the ground, it may be noticed, that when the ground is very wet, it forms a tolerably good conductor from that circumstance, between the object struck, and the person near it; and if lightning falls before rain has commenced, and while the ground is in a very dry state, it has on that ac¬ count less facility for entering the earth, and is therefore the more likely to pass along the sur¬ face, laying hold of the first conducting substance that presents itself. It might be supposed, that the danger of tak¬ ing shelter under trees being generally known, none but ignorant persons would risk their lives by placing themselves in such situations, but un¬ happily this is not the case. Having noted down the various accidents and losses by lightning for a few years past, occurring within our own know¬ ledge, or well authenticated, we find ten instances