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A selection of papers on the subject of the fixed lightning conductors to the masts of His Majesty's Navy ... Together with much interesting matter on the subject of electricity / [William Pringle Green].
Green, William Pringle, 1785-1846.Date: 1824- Books
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Monody to the memory of Mrs. Mansell, unfortunately killed in a chaise overturned by the horses starting at a flash of lightning, Nov. 3, 1770, in the 75th year of her age.
Wheeldon, John, 1734 or 1735-1800.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- Digital Images
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Early types of Electric lightning. Top A. Edison's bamboo carbon filament lamps (1880-1 type); bottom left B. Tablochkov's electric candle (1876); bottom right C. Swan's original Newcastle Carbon Rod Electric lamp (1878).
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Mount Vesuvius erupting at night, billowing clouds and flashes of lightning, and with many spectators viewing the event across the bay of Naples. Coloured mezzotint with etching by J.M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.
Anna, Alessandro d'Reference: 42935i- Digital Images
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Haemanthus albiflos Jacq. Amaryllidaceae. Paintbrush plant. Distribution: South Africa. Used as a cough medicine and as a charm to ward off lightning (Pooley, 1998). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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A poem on the death of Mr. Abraham Rice, aged 80, and Mr. John Cloyes, aged 41, who were struck with lightning, June 3, 1777. in Framingham. [Four lines from Psalms] By Lydia Learned, of Framingham.
Learned, Lydia, 1730-1792.Date: [1777?]- Books
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An historical miscellany of the curiosities and rarities in nature and art. Comprising new and entertaining descriptions of the most surprising volcanos, caverns, cataracts, whirlpools, waterfalls, earthquakes, thunder, lightning, and other wonderful and stupendous phenomena of nature.
Date: [1794-1800]- Books
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De la foudre : de ses formes, et de ses effets sur l'homme, les animaux, les végétaux et les corps bruts, des moyens de s'en préserver et des paratonnerres / par F. Sestier ; rédigé sur les documents laissés par M. Sestier et complété par le docteur C. Méhu.
Sestier, Félix, 1803-1857.Date: 1866- Pictures
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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.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 677639i- Books
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The triumph of death, and the uncertainty of life, considered. A universal funeral sermon: being the substance of two very alarming discourses preached on ... the late thunder and lightning, which happened on Sunday, March 22. ... By an eminent Gospel minister of this city.
Eminent Gospel minister of this city (London).Date: 1772- 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, 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- Pictures
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Portents of death and destruction. Gouache, ca. 1910 (?).
Date: 1910Reference: 571996i- Books
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De la foudre, de ses formes, et de ses effets : sur l'homme, les animaux, les vegetaux et les corps bruts, des moyens de s'en preserver et des paratonnerres / Par le docteur F. Sestier ... Redige sur les documents laisses par M. Sestier ; et complete par le docteur C. Mehu.
Méhu, Camille, 1835-Date: 1866- Books
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De la foudre, de ses formes, et de ses effets sur l’homme, les animaux, les végétaux et les corps bruts, des moyens de s’en préserver et des paratonnerres / par F. Sestier ; rédigé sur les documents laissés par M. Sestier et complété par C. Méhu.
Sestier, Feĺix, 1803-1857.Date: 1866- Books
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On a remarkable phenomenon observed at Rangoon / by C. Collingwood.
Collingwood, Cuthbert, 1826-1908.Date: 1868- Books
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An account of several new and interesting phenomena, discovered in examining the bodies of a man and four horses, killed by lightning, near Dover, in Kent. With remarks on the insufficiency of the popular theory of electricity to explain them. By the Reverend John Lyon, minister of Sr. Mary's, Dover.
Lyon, John, 1734-1817.Date: 1796- 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
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Youth liable to sudden death; excited seriously to consider thereof, and speedily to prepare therefore. The substance of a discourse, delivered on the day of the funeral of three young men, who were killed by lightning, at Suffield, May 20, 1766. By Israel Holly, Preacher of the Gospel in Suffield. [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Holly, Israel, 1728-1809.Date: [1767?]- Books
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Experiments on electricity, being an attempt to shew the advantage of elevated pointed conductors. By Mr. Edward Nairne, F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, June 18 and 25, 1778.
Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Pictures
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A man in oriental clothing is leading a horse which is shying away from a semi-naked man who is sitting by the side of the road. Etching by C. Schule after J.D.Schubert.
Schubert, Johann David, 1761-1822.Date: 1793Reference: 32233i- Pictures
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43803i- Books
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Royal Humane Society, 1774. Established for the restoration of human life, when suspended by various kinds of accidental and sudden death, viz. Drowning, strangling, apoplexy, suffocation, and by the noxious vapours of mines, caverns, &c. Intense cold, and the tremendous stroke of lightning. Annual report, 1799. By W. Hawes, M. D. Senior Physician to the Surrey and London Dispensaries, Hon. Member of the R. P. S. Ed. - Manchester L. P. Guy's P. S. and Bath A. S. &c.
Royal Humane Society (London, England).Date: [1799]