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Lightning Conductors and Lightning Guards - A Treatise on the Protection of Buildings, of Telegraph Instruments and Submarine Cables, and of Electrical Installations Generally, from Damage by Atmospheric Discharges (Paperback)
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Lightning Conductors and Lightning Guards - A Treatise on the Protection of Buildings, of Telegraph Instruments and Submarine Cables, and of Electrical Installations Generally, from Damage by Atmospheric Discharges (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
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As a result of being asked to give public lectures on the subject,
the eminent physicist Oliver Lodge (1851 1940) published in 1892 a
pioneering study of the protection of buildings, cables and
telegraphic instruments from the devastation caused by lightning
strikes. This work led him almost immediately to the discovery of
electromagnetic wave transmission and ultimately to the development
of a version of radio telegraphy. Lodge also saw that many of the
current theories about the nature of lightning were seriously in
error, and his investigations led to a number of significant
changes in the design of lightning conductors and lightning guards.
Some of the methods and procedures that Lodge advocated have since
become standard practice. They are described with Lodge's
characteristic flair and accompanied by a wealth of illustrations
that give a fascinating insight into how contemporary scientists
and engineers tackled this significant problem.
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