Baille, Jean Baptiste Alexandre, b. 1841, Armstrong, John W., ed · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and co. · leaf 70
coming from the line communicates directlywith a plate of metal furnished with many points,which make it look like a sort of comb. Oppositethis plate is another of the same shape, and commu-nicating electrically with the earth. The lightning,following the line of the wire, is drawn into thefirst of… … Lightning Rod. 52 WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY. its route, passing into a very fine copper wire enclosedin a glass tube, and is thus carried into the receivinginstrument. If the lightning came in too great quan-tity to escape entirely by the points, it would be con-ducted along this very fine copper…
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