Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-07-08
LEWIsBURG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER

sixty feet in diameter. The atmosphere included
within this space is less surcharged with eleclri
city than that which surrounds it. Hence the
iuid from neighboring cloud must first I'll
up thls vacancy, and create an equilibrium with
the surrounding atmosphere, before it can pro.
ceed further. Thus the severity Of the stroke is
consumed and exhausted, and the balance, if
any, is carried 10 the earth. without the slightest
danger Of leaving the conductor. A barn filed
with hay or grain is very liable 10 he struck,
because the quantity of electricity that will nat-
uraily accumulate and force its way through the
roof, will form a conductor frequently one hun.
dred feet in height. Now if the electric stroke
comes in contact with the electricity thus gene
rated, 1t viii be conducted at once 10 the place
at which the latter has been formed. Ii
! the contents of the barn were on The
ground. the danger woul1 not he great,
/ because the earth would absorb the greater por
tou ol the eleclsicty, which it can not do when
insulated by the floor. The advantage of hav-
ing one Of nv rods attached TO barn under
such circumstances is, that il receives the eiec-
trici,y as it is generated. aud carries it 10 the
earth thus preventing Ii from forming itself into
a conductor, and putting to hazard the building
and the crops Of a whole season. BY inviting a
stroke f'om every passing cloud.
a set of swinGIers who a.e travelling about the
country, selling and putting up worthless rods
frequently using my name. and representing the
rods they sell to he Of MY msnutIcture. re-
pet that have no travelling agents. There are
hu, our persons in this State wnI arc authorized
10 acl as my agents in ling and putting up
rods; their range Of operations is limited to a
dietr,ct not exceeding one hundred miles from
th,,r ,tl,ra nd th.yt Ia cer rafp
OF agency from me. The right to use the ecc.
tro- magmc, IN the construction of lightning rods
belongs solely 10 myself aid any person detect
ed III infringing On i, viii be punished to The
iuil extent Oi thu law.
The subscriber having Gas before stately put
up near SIX thou .ani rods. and never having
heard of l,ss by lightning in any building
to which one oil his rods has been attached. feels
great confidence in urging their superiority To
any Others IN Use. He pledges him,el 10 restore
to any one the amount p,id for the rod il loss is
snli ,ed through its insiciency. y house
should not I've considered finished without il has
at least one iteht"ine-rod; yet very mnny bu!d-
mcs are 5, tfered TO remain without hi- important
safeguard and their owners, when At Is too late.
r.h.c c, on themselves for their wiliul neglect.
The means Of protection are within the fcach oi
all aud the cost Is but tTiiling.
Printed directions. by which any mechanic
can put up rod given in every instance
where they are sent 10 distance.
The subscriber ieels confident that, 10 those
acquainted with the facts, no better Pr",t OF The
value and .lii"acy OF bis rods is needed III n Is
found in the large number which have been put
up in his onn city, and the steadily increasing
denand for them. For the satisfaction OF others,
he presents the folowin, certificates: {:
81 have this day carefully inspected conductor or
lightning rod with and index. erected y Mr.. Ihos
Armae have IA station in ing that IL IL not
only the best h,y. seen, but 1t Is the only one
have vet examined that is trucei OF strictly scien-
tifc principles HtNRh McMohihih, NJ D.
The following gen;!emenh having. by inriatlon,
made careful inspection and ex animation OF my
rods, pronounced them the best and safest con-
duc,ofs that had ever come under their notice:
WALTER Il. JOHNSON,
JOHN CuAEHLEY
The roI attachcd to the Public sch"oiHousc New ST.
l-tyeu rout Second streets received severe stroke
of lhtninc which passed down The conductor. ~i'tin
three or four several men who were at work on The
biinr without doing injury to auythins. The fat is
.t,rslcI bv ISAAC EDLENAN.
The rcd attached to my factory, Vine street
above Twelfth, received, dusin. the pas. summer.
a severe stroke of lightning. which passed safely
into the earth without doing the slightest injury
to The building The circumstance was witnessed
by the following gentlemen, who have kindly
given me permission TO use their names:
HENRY SIMPSON, alderman,