The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-09
LIGHTNING STROKE.


LIGHTNING STROKE.
1t said that exposure to the rain or being
drencfc with buckets Of waller seem to
j.have some agency in restoring persons to
life who have been prosra,ed by light
ming.
1t is better to take some precautions
! against tho lightning, WHICH will be the
more easily remembered the better applied
if some explanations are given as to the
nature Of lightning.
There is stiffness in the atmosphere
when all parts of it are of equal temperat.
ture, whether cold or hot, for the air is then
in equilibrium. But if one part be hot,
and the other be cold, as in two adjoining
rooms, the moment the door between is
opened there is a commotion, until an
equilibrium is secured.
When the atmosphere about us is uni
formly filled or saturated with electricity,
there is quiet, safety, equilibrium. But if
LAYER either side has more or less cleo
tricity than the one about us, there is a pas
sing ofthe electricity from one to the other
until each body Of air is alike filed or con-
ally saturated. But with this passing there
is noise, as the passing of air makes the
noise Of wind, and the passage of water
causes roaring,so the noise made by the
passage of electricity is called thunder; the
force Of it is tho lightning, as the force of
wind and moving water carries US away
according to its rapidity but lightning like
cannon ball, moves so swiftly that the
body which it strikes has not time to have
motion impaired TO it,,and it is shivcrcd
or perforated, the comparison, however
does not hold good'at all points.
But the electricity oflhe fuller section or
body Of air gets to- the other which has less,
With greater or less facility according to
what is between them or copnects them.
II pointed piece of metal, gold, Silver or
iron, connects these bodies of different
fullness of electricity, the communication
or stream is conducted so constantly and
| steadily that there is no noise or commo-
ton, there is no obstruction, But if wood
is used it does not conduct the electricity
quick enough, hence, wood Is not as good
/ conductor as iron. Hence when there is
more electricity above US than on the earth
it comes quietly and unnoticed # there are
great. many iron comm unications or CON
ductofs such as Lightning gods; but If trees
only extend from one to the other, or tall
chimneys, there is noise and destruction.
Hence itissbest tokeep away from rchimneys
and trees, or tall objects, sin'thunder storms
in warm weather therefofc, II Ia the house
Keep as near the center Of the room as pos
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But these hnequally filled bodies, of air
may be parallel with each other, and if a
house. is between them it will be a conductor
and a person sitting ats NJ open window
will be killed ;oif the window had been
down he, might lave been saysa, for glass
repels+ lightning ); that 'is, ,sitHcan keep it
| from passing /, hence; # q man sta6as o6
the, ground and takssb ID sefs an .ssIeosrical
wire, ths electricity VIZ PASS Ssels through
his body'inso the sahb.i but s.if. .he:ssiaDds
ogn. o glass block the electricity 1doeshot 20
through, but oolleota in ,the man himself,
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