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The Piees Op Heaven.
a point , some distance ahove the building it is intended to defend . It is generally about thirty or forty feet ha height . Objects on the ground within a distance from the conductor of two or three times its length , are within the range of its protection .
The paratonnerre attracts the lightning more powerfully and from a greater distance than the objects near it ; consequently the fluid always strikes the former without injuring the latter , and the conductor being connected with the ground , passes harmlessly to the earth . ' " ¦ _•« ¦ ¦ ¦ ... -. ¦'' . ¦ ¦ ' . . ; ¦ . . -. ' . ¦ •» f » . . . .
* Thunderstorms , as might be supposed , often prove very injurious to the electric telegraphs | the lightning , running along the wires , frequently enters the station ^ knocking over the batteries , demagnetiiihg the needles / and ot ^^ apparatus . To guard against such accidents small lightning conductors are attached to the telegraph posts .
In the open air , the safest place , if no human habitation be at hand ) is , in our opinion , a short distance from a tree ; but as we have before stated , nothing is move dangerous than to take shelter immediately under a tree . A person in bed is generally considered perfectly secure , but an instance occurred lately m position was killed , the hghthing passing through the roof In this case there must , we think , have been a powerful conductor underneath .
It is a common mistake to throw open the windows during the thunder-storm . Olass is one of the best non-conductors known , and a closed window is generally an efficient protection . Lightning frequently produces great mechanical effects , such as tearing open pipes containing wires , overthrowing walls , and razing buildings to the ground . Such effects are wholly unaccountable by the known laws of electricity .
Departed Friends.
DEPARTED FRIENDS .
"Take them , 0 Death ! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own ; Thine image , stamp'd upon this clay , Doth give thee that , —but that alone !
Take them , O Grave ! and let them lie Folded upon thy narrow shelves , As garments by the soul laid by , And precious only to ourselves !
Take them , 0 great Eternity ! Our little life is hut a gust . That bends the branches of thy tree , And trails its blossoms in the dust ! " Longfellow .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Piees Op Heaven.
a point , some distance ahove the building it is intended to defend . It is generally about thirty or forty feet ha height . Objects on the ground within a distance from the conductor of two or three times its length , are within the range of its protection .
The paratonnerre attracts the lightning more powerfully and from a greater distance than the objects near it ; consequently the fluid always strikes the former without injuring the latter , and the conductor being connected with the ground , passes harmlessly to the earth . ' " ¦ _•« ¦ ¦ ¦ ... -. ¦'' . ¦ ¦ ' . . ; ¦ . . -. ' . ¦ •» f » . . . .
* Thunderstorms , as might be supposed , often prove very injurious to the electric telegraphs | the lightning , running along the wires , frequently enters the station ^ knocking over the batteries , demagnetiiihg the needles / and ot ^^ apparatus . To guard against such accidents small lightning conductors are attached to the telegraph posts .
In the open air , the safest place , if no human habitation be at hand ) is , in our opinion , a short distance from a tree ; but as we have before stated , nothing is move dangerous than to take shelter immediately under a tree . A person in bed is generally considered perfectly secure , but an instance occurred lately m position was killed , the hghthing passing through the roof In this case there must , we think , have been a powerful conductor underneath .
It is a common mistake to throw open the windows during the thunder-storm . Olass is one of the best non-conductors known , and a closed window is generally an efficient protection . Lightning frequently produces great mechanical effects , such as tearing open pipes containing wires , overthrowing walls , and razing buildings to the ground . Such effects are wholly unaccountable by the known laws of electricity .
Departed Friends.
DEPARTED FRIENDS .
"Take them , 0 Death ! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own ; Thine image , stamp'd upon this clay , Doth give thee that , —but that alone !
Take them , O Grave ! and let them lie Folded upon thy narrow shelves , As garments by the soul laid by , And precious only to ourselves !
Take them , 0 great Eternity ! Our little life is hut a gust . That bends the branches of thy tree , And trails its blossoms in the dust ! " Longfellow .