 | Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 lapas
...as a needle, and gilt .to prevent rufting, and from the foot of thofe Rods a wire down the outfide of the Building into the ground, or down round one of the Shrouds of a Ship, and down her fide till it reaches the Water ? Would not thefe pointed Rods probably draw the electrical Fire filently... | |
 | John Wesley - 1817 - 276 lapas
...fire ? From the foot of those rods, (which need not be above half an inch diameter) a wire may pass down the outside of the building into the ground,...down her side, till it reaches the water. Would not these rods silently draw off the electric fire before the cloud was nigh enough to strike, and thereby... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 552 lapas
...upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into...down her side till it reaches the water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 lapas
...upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into...down her side till it reaches the water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough... | |
 | William Sturgeon - 1842 - 274 lapas
...upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting ; and from the foot of these rods, a wire down the outside of the building into...down her side till it reaches the water. Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came near enough... | |
 | 1842 - 748 lapas
...made sharp as a needle, and gilt, to prevent rusting ; and from the foot of these rods, a wire down to the outside of the building into the ground, or down...down her side till it reaches the water ? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigli enough... | |
 | 1856 - 606 lapas
...upright rods of iron made as sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into...down her side till it reaches the water ? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough... | |
 | Charles Barlow - 1772 - 496 lapas
...upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting ; and from the foot of these rods, a wire down the outside of the building into...down her side till it reaches the water. Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came near enough... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 lapas
...upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting ; and, from the foot of those rods, a wire down the outside of the building into...down her side till it reaches the water? Would not these pomted rods probably draw the electrical ßre silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 664 lapas
...upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting ; and, from the foot of those rods, a wire down the outside of the building into...ground, or down round one of the shrouds of a ship, and dawn her side till it reaches the water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical... | |
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... a wire down the outside of the building into the ground, or down round one of the shrouds of a ship, and down her side till it reaches the water? 
