| 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 |
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