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Lightning Rod Conference Report of the Delegates from the Following Societies, Viz.: Meteorological Society, Royal Institute of British Architects, Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians, Physical Society. With a Code of Rules for the Erection of Lightning Conductors; and Various Appendices

Symons, G. J. (George James), 1838-1900 [Editor]· 5 chapters· 71,066 words

by the friction of wet steam against solids in the hydro-electric machine. He agrees with Faraday that the cause of the evolution of electricity by the liberation of confined steam, is not evaporation, but the friction of the water particles against the sides of the jet-piece...

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5. Chapter VI. is devoted to the Aurora Borealis, which plays about the

magnetic pole, and is an electrical phenomena of the upper strata of the atmosphere; and Chapter VII. is an attempt to explain the auroral light as “probably produced by the col...

3. Chapter III. applies this theory to thunder clouds, which are formed by

the rapid inter-mixture of masses of the atmosphere thrown into circulation by heat. There are some capital descriptions of thunder clouds. They are often accompanied by whirlwi...

1. Chapter I. is a fair resumé of what is known of the electricity evolved

by the friction of wet steam against solids in the hydro-electric machine. He agrees with Faraday that the cause of the evolution of electricity by the liberation of confined st...

2. Chapter II. is an attempt to show that electricity is evolved by the

friction of “gaseous matter” against water, or _vice versâ_. Ordinarily the issuing vapour in the hydro-electric machine is positively, and the boiler negatively, electrified; b...

4. Chapter V. contains the author’s explanation of fire-balls, which he

supposes to be a “glowing discharge,” preparatory to the final spark or flash of lightning. “Probably most of the shooting stars are merely electrical fire-balls high up in the...