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

  • 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. / By John Leigh, Jun., Esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    will pass round the walls of a room, conducted by the paste between the paper and the walls, if at all damp, or even without such assistance. Unbattened walls, and the walls of most cottages aud outbuildings, contain more or less moisture, which facilitates the passage of the electric fiuid around them; and it is therefore very dangerous to be in contact with them. Under any circum- stances, walls form imperfect conductcrs, whe- ther they are supposed to be damp or dry, and whether they are outside or inside. A position in a room immediately adjoining the walls, is always therefore to be particularly avoided, When a house is struck by lightning, it is impossible to calculate the extent of damage that may be occasioned. The bell-wires are cone great cause of its dispersion, along which and other similar conductors it sometimes passes many yards, and then strikes through walls and other impediments, attracted by metal of superier bulk on the opposite side. It realizes the ancient B