A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 41
ric circuit is protected from the destruc-tive effects of a flash or bolt of lightning. In the phenomena of lateral induction andalternative path, we have seen the tendency of adisruptive discharge to take a short-cut across anintervening air space, rather than through alonger though better… … Fig. 25. Comb Lightning-Arrester. The line wires, A and B, are connected by twometallic plates to C and D, respectively. The~e plates are provided with points, as shown,and placed near a third plate, connected to theground by the wire G. Should a bolt strike theline, it is discharged to the earth…
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