New Malden, Surrey:
October 1879.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO, OR CONSULTED, RELATING TO LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS | [xi] | |
| I. | ELECTRICITY AND LIGHTNING | [1] |
| II. | DISCOVERY OF THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR | [17] |
| III. | EARLY EXPERIMENTS WITH LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS | [25] |
| IV. | GRADUAL SPREAD OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS IN EUROPE | [34] |
| V. | METALS AS CONDUCTORS OF ELECTRICITY | [49] |
| VI. | CHARACTER OF LIGHTNING AND OF THUNDERSTORMS | [62] |
| VII. | INQUIRIES INTO LIGHTNING PROTECTION | [73] |
| VIII. | SIR WILLIAM SNOW HARRIS | [85] |
| IX. | THE BEST MATERIAL FOR CONDUCTORS | [100] |
| X. | HÔTEL DE VILLE, BRUSSELS, AND WESTMINSTER PALACE | [111] |
| XI. | WEATHERCOCKS | [121] |
| XII. | LIGHTNING PROTECTION IN FRANCE AND AMERICA | [125] |
| XIII. | LIGHTNING PROTECTION IN ENGLAND | [140] |
| XIV. | ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES FROM LIGHTNING | [169] |
| XV. | THE EARTH CONNECTION | [198] |
| XVI. | INSPECTION OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS | [218] |
| APPENDIX | [231] | |
| INDEX | [249] | |
LIST OF BOOKS
REFERRED TO, OR CONSULTED, RELATING TO THE HISTORY, NATURE, AND MODE OF APPLICATION OF
LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.