The standard electrical dictionary : a popular encyclopaedia of words and terms used in the practice of electrical engineering (1898)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · London : Crosby Lockwood and Son · leaf 334
Fig. 215, Comb or Toothed Lightning Arrester. The lightning arrester is placed near the end of the line before itreaches any instrument. (See Alternative Paths.) … Fig. 216. Film or Plate Lightning Arrester. Lightning Arrester, Counter=eIectro=motive Force. An invention of Prof. Blihu Thompson. A lightning arrester in whichthe lightning discharge sets up a counter-electro-motive forceopposed to its own. This it does by an induction coil. If a dis-charge to…
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