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The word 'AIDS' in Hindi (in red) above the black silhouette of a couple lit from the side by forked lightning from a storm brewing up behind them representing the dangers of practising unprotected sex and contracting AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
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The atheist's reward: or, a call from Heaven, on July the 24th, 1786. Shewing, how a profane young 'squire was struck dead by thunder and lightning, for blasphemy against God. Two of his companions died soon after: Another fell into a Trance, in which he
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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 Ebeneze
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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. [F
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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
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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- E-books
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The sinner's thundering warning-piece. Being an account of the great damage done by the late dreadful thunder and lightning, on the 16th of July last, both in city and country; ... As also how one Mr. Woollar ... was struck dead ... To which is added, a s
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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
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Meteors, or, A plain description of all kind of meteors : as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy, briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, sprigs, stones, and metalls / by W.F.
Fulke, William, 1538-1589Date: 1655- Ephemera
This policy of insurance witnesseth, that in consideration of ... hereinafter called the Insured, paying to Westminster Fire Office (herinafter called the Company) the first period premium above mentioned for insuring against loss or damage by fire or lightning, the property hereinafter described ... / The Westminster Fire Office.
Westminster Fire Office.Date: 1918- Books
My Mummy made me / Jodie Grieve ; illustrated by Cat Dean.
Grieve, JodieDate: 2017- Books
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Accidents and emergencies : a guide : containing directions for treatment in bleeding, cuts, stabs, bruises, sprains, ruptures, broken bones, dislocations, railway and steamboat accidents, burns and scalds, explosions, bites of mad dogs, inflammations, cholera, diarrhea, injured eyes, choking, poisons, fits, sun stroke, lightning, drowning, etc., etc. / by Alfred Smee ; with alterations, corrections, and appendix by R.T. Trall.
Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877.Date: [1850], [©1850]- Books
Drainage and sanitation : a practical exposition of the conditions vital to healthy buildings, their surroundings and construction, their ventilation, heating, lightning, water and waste services for the use of architects, surveyors, engineers, health officers, sanitary inspectors, and for candidates preparing for the examinations of the various professional institutions / by W.R. Jenkins.
Blake, E. H. (Edwin Holmes), 1873-1956.Date: [1948]- Books
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Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls / By W[illiam] F[ulke] Doctor in Divinity.
Fulke, William, 1538-1589.Date: 1670- Books
Melancholia : essays on clinical depression / Catherine O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan, Catherine.Date: 2005- Books
With a license to kill : a critical look at the ethics of the pharmaceutical industry / by John Josefson.
Josefson, John.Date: 2006- Books
Lexicon syriacum : auctore Hassano bar Bahlule / e pluribus codicibus edidit et notulis instruxit Rubens Duval.
Hassan bar Bahlul, active 10th centuryDate: 2010- Books
Dreaming of a life unlived : intimate stories and portraits of women without children / Yvonne John.
John, YvonneDate: 2016- Books
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The lightning doctor : a self-diagnostician and practical doctor book for private families, students, and physicians / by Benjamin Franklin Weaver ; with thirty-two illustrations (four etchings and twenty-eight photo-engravings from life) and 1,554 modern and up-to-date recipes for treating both general and special diseases of men, women, and children.
Weaver, Benjamin Franklin, 1839-Date: 1905- Digital Images
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Sempervivum tectorum L. Crassulaceae Houseleek, Senegreene Distribution: Europe. Sempervivum means 'live forever', tectorum means 'roof', and was apparently grown on house roofs to protect against lightning. Lyte (1578 distinguishes Stonecrops (Sedum) from Sengreene (Sempervivum) for he advises the latter, alone or mixed with barley meal, applied topically to burns, scalds, St Anthony's fire [erysipelas] , ulcers and sores, will cure them and sore eyes. Apropos of stonecrops (Sedum), he describes the redness and blistering that the sap has on bare skin, and how it is good for poisons for if taken with vinegar by mouth it causes vomiting, but only safe to do so in strong people. He seems fairly confused as to which is which. Not approved by the European Medicines Agency for Traditional Herbal Medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Sempervivum tectorum L. Crassulaceae Houseleek, Senegreene Distribution: Europe. Sempervivum means 'live forever', tectorum means 'roof', and was apparently grown on house roofs to protect against lightning. Lyte (1578 distinguishes Stonecrops (Sedum) from Sengreene (Sempervivum) for he advises the Sempervivum, alone or mixed with barley meal, applied topically to burns, scalds, St Anthony's fire [erysipelas], ulcers and sores, will cure them and sore eyes. Apropos of stonecrops (Sedum), he describes the redness and blistering that the sap has on bare skin, and how it is good for poisons for if taken with vinegar by mouth it causes vomiting, but only safe to do so in strong people. He seems fairly confused as to which is which. Not approved by the European Medicines Agency for Traditional Herbal Medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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The lightning columne or sea mirrour : contaigning the sea-coasts of the northern, eastern and western navigation: setting fort in divers necessarie sea-cards all the ports, rivers, bayes, roads, depths and sands; very curiously placed on its due Polus-height furnished. With the discoveries of the chief countries, and on what cours and distance they lay one from another. Never there to fore so clearly laid open, & here & there very diligently bettered & augmented for the use of all sea-men. As alsoo the situation of the northernly countries, as islands, the strate Davids, the isle of Jan-Mayen, Bears Island, Old Greenland, Spitsbergen, & Nova Zembla: adorneth with many sea-cards & discoveries. Gathered out of the experience and practice of divers pilots and lovers of the famous art of navigation. Whereunto is added a brief instruction of the art of navigation, together with new tables of the suns declinaison, with an new almanach.
Colom, Jacob Aertsz, 1599-1673Date: Anno 1680- Pictures
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The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four cCatholic German states and sends flashes of lightning against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by J. and J. Klauber.
Klauber, Joseph Sebastian, approximately 1700-1768.Reference: 32435i- Books
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Observations on apparent death, from suffocation, by hanging or drowning : choke damp, produced by inhaling carbonic acid, or some other irrespirable exhalation, by a stroke of lightning or electricity, and by exposure to extreme cold : with directions for using the resuscitating apparatus, invented by the author, and general instructions for the recovery of persons from suspended animation / by Edward Welchman.
Welchman, Edward.Date: 1842- Books
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New experiments on electricity, wherein the causes of thunder and lightning as well as the constant state of positive or negative electricity in the air or clouds, are explained ... Also a description of a doubler of electricity, and of the most sensible electrometer yet constructed. With other new experiments and discoveries in the science ... / By the Rev. A. Bennet.
Bennet, A. (Abraham), 1750-1799.Date: 1789