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Observations upon lightning, and the method of securing buildings from it's effects, in a letter to Sir Charles Frederick, &c.&c.&c. by B. Wilson, F.R.S. and Ac. Reg. Up. Soc. and others.
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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- 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- 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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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- Books
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The curious traveller. Being A Choice Collection of very remarkable Histo-Tories, Voyages, Travels, &c. Digested into Familiar Letters and Conversations. Containing among many other Particulars, the following: The Spanish Cruelties in the West-Indies. A curious Account of the Snow Alps. A Tragical Account relating to a Shipwicck. Of the Troubles and Conspiracies at the Russian Court. Of the Burning Mountain. Of the Common-Wealth of Bees. An Account of Crocodiles. Curiosities discover'd at Hanover. An Account of a terrible Earth-Quake. The Siege of Prom. Mihometans in the Indies. A Description of the City of Hamburgh. The White Island. St. Mark at Venice. Bull-Baiting at Venice. Fortune-Telling ridiculed. A curious Monument in Persia. An Hospital for Monkeys. A mock Sea Fight on the River Thames. The Ruins of Persepolis. The History of Snow. Observations on the Art of Painting. An Insurrection at Muscow. A Widow burns herself for the Death of her Husband. A Stratagem of a Negro at Fida. Maurice Island. An Account of Thunder and Lightning. The Rasbut Robbers, &c. Adorn'd with Cuts.
Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- 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?]- 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
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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]- 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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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?]- 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 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]- Books
Mental prodigies : an enquiry into the faculties of arithmetical, chess, and musical prodigies, famous memorizers, precocious children and the like wih numerous examples of "lightning" calculations and mental magic / by Fred Barlow.
Barlow, Fred, 1888-Date: [1951]- 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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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- 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