The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-02

amle md report upon several budibes-amang 9TH rs
government Powder uagazine-@ htui, though proved.
60 With cndu ;tors, hal notvithsand Il teen uck by
light rg In every of these he traced the
c nj u defects 10 the construction the conduct
Ar Monsieur Arssc was in his lifetime the highest autno
ry questions CT ol1y his opinion Il entitled
"a weight Indeed up. il Is shown 20 pe at varisn
with 'ldrputshie facts it Is quite sat- u sbi.e BY IL
vi bout rfereDce 10 other scientific theosie,.
Corsiderng that city persons least killed snnu
ally by lightning in the uni ed states, sixty nine in
France ard twenty-five in England 1t is strange that
one las ever devised conductor Il he carried on the
Iersop. Franklin ceria,n. did hint that IL Was aher
savansgtous tIsn otherwise 70 10 dien;hed DURING
STERN. But by this he Intended merely to deny the
popular 'sacy that . skin increased the danger.
moist coat qua b'eeches might aot ~ a'condnc,ori
but lew people would be wiling 70 them al n
without tii. more isolation from the eriiermi-. Non.
tieur AIaRo III out few suegesins on the subject.
c,cw considered wa more likely 20 be struck in
than rdivdua because ptration and espi
ration ding colurnn ~ vapcr which i bet.
conductor tsn the surrounding air 1t has long been
known that III b ming invariably makes for eeva'ed
p.nt' ltDce the two most dangerous situations Tor
d.id' al 10 occulJ during storm are rs, the close
tt.c ard secondly, the centre of evel plain. Via
troI-Whose advice Il sa excellent per-
caught in the Ids by storm to station them
selves e,ween two tai trees at distance of twen
~ ieei fism eseh 1t has been Imagined that ,unniug
increases the dSnge becape according to Arago body
which il better conductor than the air. But as rail.
WY sns barely struck it ioay b. taken for
grant n that ,ht nazlm hss more theoretical than prac
tcsl value.
years ago used to be consider Cd very
TO cary lisees Of metal such keys penkne in the
pocket or even 70 wear rings or bracelets during hun
der sfom IL tcy this apprehension has lost ground
Zone very curious facts are. however, cited IN
its support. fash Of Lightning struck group
% letsOrs in the prison OF Biherach in Swabia
IL killed only, the chief Of famous band Of robbers
who chained nv the waist lady pu her hand out
~ window to close Il; fash Of dghtrng melted
oraceet sle wore irjuing her but sligaty. Ano.
tier indyn friend Of the traveller Bryoonsvas caught
il thunder storm and her bat, the fsmc of which
tftu metallic wire Curnt to asbeg ~ithout i,g
her head. It. liz perhaps safe to consider these
much i'on and metal surrounds every side we
ebs hardly expect that bunch Of keysor bracelet
exefcise b attraction q conductor. Avoid fire.
psrse said Fra kiln; 's in the MIDDLE Of the room,
unes chandelier hat there avoid metallic aubtar es,
turrnui yourself father with glass fee TIERS silk
Pot does any one bes.ya that thunder storm would
have rriven the pbiosof her from his printers Cease il
it had teen Of moment that he should stay therep
The article on Bel.ot gives an interesting resMne
Of oil the facts connected with that admirable young
FIenchman, whose character stands out in bold re
lief. even amongst the many heroic and devoted
men who have cbeerfully surrendered their lives in
the cause of science The editorial notices and re.
views Of new books are written with the usual can
dor and impartiality.
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