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LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS:
THEIR
HISTORY, NATURE, AND MODE OF APPLICATION.
CHAPTER I.
ELECTRICITY AND LIGHTNING.
‘First let me talk with this philosopher: What is the cause of thunder?’ asks Shakspeare in ‘King Lear’ but without giving a reply. The ‘philosopher’ of Shakspeare’s days had no answer to make; nor had any others long after. From the dawn of history till within comparatively modern times, thunder and lightning were mysteries to the human mind; nor did there exist so much as a surmise that there might be any connection between them and the equally mysterious agent called electricity. The latter force