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Lightning Conductors: Their History, Nature, and Mode of ApplicationAnderson, Richard, F.C.S.

History

Lightning Conductors: Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application

Name: Lightning Conductors: Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application
Author: Anderson, Richard, F.C.S.

Anderson, Richard, F.C.S.

Lightning conductors

|         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1851.   | Edinburgh Assembly  | Much damaged     | Builder, ix.    |
  |  May    |  Hall               |                  |  305            |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1851.   | Boulogne Cathedral  | Dome damaged     | Builder, ix.    |
  |  June   |                     |                  |  415            |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1852.   | Ross Church,        | Severely damaged | Tomlinson’s     |
  |  July 6 |  Hereford           |                  |  Thunderstorm,  |
  |         |                     |                  |  p. 166         |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1852.   | Woolpit Church,     | Tower and spire  | Builder, x. 492 |
  |  July   |  Suffolk            |  destroyed       |                 |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1852.   | Leighton Buzzard    | Much damaged     | Builder, x. 492 |
  |  July   |  Church             |                  |                 |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1852    | Exton Parish Church | Church nearly    | Builder, xii.   |
  |         |                     |  destroyed       |  575            |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1853.   | Derby Church        | Much damaged     | Builder, xi. 28 |
  |  Jan.   |                     |                  |                 |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1853.   | Parish Church,      | Entirely         | Builder, xi. 43 |
  |  Jan.   |  Eskdalemuir,       |  destroyed       |                 |
  |         |  Dumfries           |                  |                 |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1853.   | Lincoln Cathedral   | Struck           | Tomlinson’s     |
  |  Feb.   |                     |  north-west      |  Thunderstorm,  |
  |         |                     |  pinnacle of     |  p. 166         |
  |         |                     |  the broad       |                 |
  |         |                     |  tower; set on   |                 |
  |         |                     |  fire; narrowly  |                 |
  |         |                     |  escaped         |                 |
  |         |                     |  destruction     |                 |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1853.   | Skipton Church      | Much damaged     | Builder, xi.    |
  |  July   |                     |                  |  423            |
  |         |                     |                  |                 |
  | 1853.   | Hereford Old        | Slightly damaged | Builder, xi.    |
  |  July   |  Parish Church      |                  |  487            |

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