Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-06
Nancy a sHAIFER,
NJ Al Codo- Street. Nashville. Tenn

No Al Cedar Street. nashville, Ienh-
General: Agents for Middle Tennessee.
and also the counties OF Bentonf CarIOli' De
eatur. Henry Henderson and Weakley' west
OF Tennessee River
Active reliable Agents wanted for each county
Aliberal discount on regular prices made ioT
work on Churches, FarsOaages. Masonic, VHd
Fellows and Temperance Halls. Blind and Or
phan Asylums. and all other buildings used lor
Religious or Charitable purposes.
We put this Rod before the Public on its own
merit, and without argument rest on the fOllO1
ing opinions Of the most scientific and In
plished Electricians of the country.
NASHVILLE, TENN, July 5, 1863. Messrs.
Nancy i Shaifer-Gents: have carefully ex-
amined into the merits Of the Lightning Con-
ducter which you propose to introduce 10 this
community. The material is the very best and
the construction and mode Of putting up in &c
cordance with the views of the most distin-
guished electricians who have, in recent years.
devoted time and attention to this important
practical subject.
If all contracts made By you are faithfully
executed. land Of this all who know you will be
perfectly sure) any one who uses the Copper
Scroll lightning Rod" may feel quite secure
storms so frequent and so fatal in our region Of
| truly. j. BERRIEN LINDSLEY.
OFFICE oE LIBRARIAN UNIVERSITY or NASH
VILE. Nashville, Tenn. July 2 lSe9-
| that much Of the popular want of faith
| in the protection Of Lightning Rods is
| to be traced to an imperfect eOnstruc-
l ton Of the rods themselves. Unless one be
made strictly in accordance with scientific prin-
ciples 1t Is worse than useless. passed build
IN the eity. this morning, c0Uered Nth lightning
rods, rohich are, N eUey ray. calculated 70 tear
that building 10 pieces. The rods are t,oisted and
attempted to Be insulated By felo inches of glass;
as IF the electric spark, tChieh tear the noun
tain into skreds to0utd be stopped IN It's career b
| the neck Of a bottle
/ Yonr nIan ofmakin0 Iipbtniny rods "a car+,;n.
/ ly by far the best have seen or read Of The
| large surface il affords for the fluid TO accumu
late on-the security of the method Of uniting
the sections Of the tube-the placing of the line
/ against the building, and the material "copper"
| of which it is composed. being an infinitely bet
/ ter conductor than iron. are the chief point
which recommend Halls lightning rod above al
| others hitherto invented, No objection can b
fairly brought against e.; and its protection TO
building - calculated to Oufliue the existence O.
any ordinary building ITSELF Very truly yours
| George S. Blackie. NJ. D., Professor of Natura
/ Seinee. University of Nashville.
| NASHVILLE. Tenn, July 5, 1s69.-Messrs. Ma
/ ney Il Shaiter-Gents: In former days l gave
| great deal of attention to Lightning Rods as
| means of protection for buildings. Halls Cop
| per Scroll Lightning Rod. now before me, is bet
| ter than the common iron Just IN proportion a
copper is a better conductor than iron, and al
| it offers.
Taking into account the greater surfaee and
II
| of Halls Rods IS equal in conducting power &c
about Sirteen of the iron rods commonly used
| in this country. The Point in this rod is per
| feet, and the manner of putting up the rod i:
| the one approved by Science and proven by ex-
| perience to be the safest. l would also value
this rod greatly above the iron by reason of its
| lightnesS-being therefor so much less liable to
! get loose from its fastenings than the heavy
iron rods in common use; c. ID. ELLIOTT,
0fthe Nashville Female Academy.
We also have in our possession the very
strongest Communications of other of the most
profound and able Electricians of this and other
| States, viz: B. L. Arnold Prof. Phys. Science.
and VIM. Shelton, President of West Tennessee
College; II. w. AldehOff. Principal Masonic
Institute. and DIR. Milo Smith. Chattanooga,
Tenn; ThOs. W, Hrmes, President; j. h.
Payne, Prof. Nat. Philosophy, and X. L. Kirk
patrick, Prof Latin. East Tennessee University;
Prof. j. PillsbuIy, Bowling Green, n.y.; j. X.
Eaton, Prof. Nat. Sciences, University of Public
Schools. and w Coleman, Prof. Nat. Science
Female High School, Louisville. Ky; Robert
Peter, Prof. Chemistry and Physics. Lexington.
n.y., University; Robert Graham. President
College of Arts. Lexington, KY; Prof. Spencer
Smith, Sec Washington Academy of Arts and
Science; DR.. Adolphus WizlinZenus. DR.. Geo.
Engleman and B. V. Shumard, st. Louis. Mo-,
and many others. which Il will afford US pleas
ure to show to all desiring inform ation in regard
to this powerful protector of Life and Property
Nancy a sHAIFER,
No IL Cedar street. Nashville, Tenn
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