On the Nature of Thunderstorms

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Excerpt from On the Nature of Thunderstorms: And on the Means of Protecting Buildings and Shipping Against the Destructive Effects of LightningThe only explanation of this circumstance which can be given is, that the construction and applica tion of lightning conductors, has appeared to most persons a matter too simple to need any aid from books, while not a few have looked upon the whole theory as absurd, and as a source of danger rather than of safety. There has been, consequently, but little encouragement for the compiling of a work calculated to bring before the community all that has been learned on this subject.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.