 I say, if these things are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind, in preserving houses, churches, ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods...  A History of Science - 290. oldalszerző: Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 227 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1893 - 324 oldal
...If these things are so," continues the philosopher, after stating the results of his experiment, " may not the knowledge of this power of points be of...of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest part of those edifices upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle and gilt to prevent rusting, and... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 oldal
...its fire it cannot, and the punch is thereby secured from the stroke ; I say, if these things are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of...lightning, by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from... | |
 | Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1894 - 648 oldal
...from destruction by lightning was made by Franklin in 1749, in the following words : — " May Dot the knowledge of this power of points be of use to...ships, etc., from the stroke of lightning, by directing as to fix on the highest parts of thoRe edifices upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt... | |
 | Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1894 - 666 oldal
...Franklin in 174!), in the following words : — " M ty not the knowledge of this power of points he of use to mankind, in preserving houses, churches,...lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest parts of those edifices upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the... | |
 | Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1895 - 330 oldal
...If these things are so," continues the philosopher, after stating the results of his experiment, " may not the knowledge of this power of points be of...of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest part of those edifices upright rods of iron, made sharp as a needle and gilt to prevent rusting, and... | |
 | Park Benjamin - 1895 - 642 oldal
...the spark, did not the needle draw it harmlessly off. "I say," he declares, "if these things are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of...to mankind in preserving houses, churches, ships, &c., from the stroke of lightning,by directing us to fix on the highest parts of those edifices upright... | |
 | Park Benjamin - 1895 - 634 oldal
...knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind in preserving houses, churches, ships, &c. , from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest parts of those edifices upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the... | |
 | Park Benjamin - 1895 - 650 oldal
...destined to place Franklin first among living philosophers. "I say," he declares, "if these things are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind iu preserving houses, churches, ships, &c., from the stroke of lightning,by directing us to fix on... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 1150 oldal
...a proportionally greater distance." Speaking of the discharging power of points he says: "May not a knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind...lightning by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1898 - 444 oldal
...points, by the lightning-rod, for he asks in the same article whether the knowledge of this power may not be of use to mankind " in preserving houses, churches,...lightning, by directing us to fix, on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from... | |
| |
