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The description of a new lightning conductor ; and observations on the phenomena of the thunder storm / [John Murray].
Murray, John, 1786?-1851Date: 1833- Books
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An account of the death of a person destroyed by lightning in the chapel in Tottenham-Court-Road, and its effects on the building, as observed by Mr. William Henly, Mr. Edward Nairne, and Mr. William Jones / the account written by Mr. Henly.
Henley, William, -1779.Date: 1773- Books
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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- Pictures
Jupiter revealing himself to Semele, pregnant with Dionysus (Bacchus): she shields her eyes, before being killed by lightning. Stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1791, after G.B. Cipriani.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: Nov.r 9: 1791Reference: 2854866i- Books
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God's terrible doings are to be observed. A sermon preach'd at Needham, and occasion'd by the sudden and awful death of Mr. Thomas Gardner, Jun. who was kill'd by lightning on Friday April 4. 1746. By Jonathan Townsend, M.A. and Pastor of the church there. Now publish'd at the desire of many of the hearers. [Six lines from Mark]
Townsend, Jonathan, 1698-1762.Date: 1746- Pictures
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 2 Jan[uar]y 1797Reference: 23947i- Pictures
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23618i- Books
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All things come alike to all: a sermon, on Eccles. IX. 1, 2 and 3 verses. Occasioned by a person's being struck by the lightning of thunder. Preached at Philadelphia, July the 28th, 1745. By Gilbert Tennent, A.M. Minister of the Gospel in Philadelphia. [Five lines of Scripture texts]
Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764.Date: 1745- Pictures
The flood: people clamber for safety as rain pours down and lightning strikes the earth. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Date: [between 1725 and 1739]Reference: 2493580i- Books
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On a prolonged first stage of Tabes dorsalis : amaurosis, lightning pains, recurrent herps; no ataxia; absence of patella tenson reflex / by Thomas Buzzard.
Buzzard, Thomas.Date: [1878?]- Books
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An analysis of the electrical fire; setting forth, from the lecturer's own experiments, that It neither attracts, nor repels; nor is attracted, or repell'd, by Points; or, any other Way, is not material nor inherent in Bodies, nor in the Clouds, &c. Together, with an account of an uncommon effect of lightning, and dissertation on thunder clouds; shewing, That Thunder is not caused by such Clouds being impregnated with Minerals; but, by frozen or cold Ones, coming into a warm Atmosphere. Dedicated to Dr. Francklin. By Thomas Kirby.
Kirby, Thomas, of Chatham.Date: [1777]- Books
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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, Landscape-Painter at Lewes; and one from William Green, Esq. at Lewes; to William Henly, F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, May 1, 1776.
Lambert, James, 1725-1788.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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?]- Pictures
A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1620? and 1659]Reference: 2491310i- Pictures
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A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1620? and 1659]Reference: 524682i- Books
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Death by electric currents and by lightning : the Goulstonian lectures for 1913 delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London / by A.J. Jex-Blake.
Jex-Blake, Arthur John, 1873-1957.Date: 1913- Books
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A poem, in blank verse, on a violent storm, attended with thunder and lightning. To which is added, A poem on death; to Palmera. By Edward Stephens.
Stephens, Edward, active 1747-1765.Date: 1751- Books
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An alarm, to Scotland or some observations upon the lightning that was upon the eighteenth of May 1710; the sun being the culer of blood the day before.
Date: 1710]- Pictures
A monkey-god in the sky sends down thunder and lightning and a giant axe on to a village; fire ascends from below. Watercolour by N. Goullet, ca. 1955.
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: [1955?]Reference: 2958218iPart of: Adamson Collection- Books
Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment / Michael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell.
Schiffer, Michael B. (Michael Brian), 1947-Date: [2003], ©2003- Books
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The sovereignty of God, in determining man's days, or the time and manner of his death: illustrated and improved, in a sermon, preached at Suffield, May 22d, 1766, at the funeral of three young men, who were killed by lightning, May 20th, 1766. By Ebenezer Gay, A.M. Pastor of a church in Suffield. [Three lines from Job]
Gay, Ebenezer, 1718-1796.Date: 1767- Books
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A letter from a gentleman in the north, to his friend in Burntisland, concerning the dreadful thunder and lightning, that happened in the shire of Bamff, the 17th instant. ...
Fitchet, Alexander.Date: 1728]- Books
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A true and faithful relation of the damage that was done by the thunder and lightning to the parish church and steeple of Crocomb, near Stogomer in the county of Somerset.
Norris, WilliamDate: [1724?]- Pictures
Jews watch the manifestation of God on Mount Sinai by lightning, smoke and trumpet sounds as he delivers the ten commandments to Moses. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Date: [between 1725 and 1739]Reference: 2496671i- Books
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A true and particular account of a storm of thunder & lightning, which fell at Richmond in Surrey, on Whit Sunday last in the afternoon, being May 20th, 1711. With an exact description, on a copper-plate, of the hurt done by it, both to the persons of the kill'd and wounded and the building on which it fell. Whereunto are added Some short Hints concerning the Nature, Causes, and Effects of Thunder and Lightning; and some Practical Reflections upon the Whole.
Date: [1711]