Lightning Rod Conference
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- Report of the Delegates from the Following Societies, Viz.: Meteorological Society, Royal Institute of British Architects, Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians, Physical Society. With a Code of Rules for the Erection of Lightning Conductors; and Various Appendices
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1. Front matter2. LIGHTNING ROD CONFERENCE.3. ILLUSTRATIONS.4. PREFACE.5. REPORT.6. APPENDIX A. CIRCULAR AND QUESTIONS ISSUED TO Manufacturers of Lightning Conductors, AND THEIR REPLIES THERETO.7. APPENDIX B. ANALYSIS OF, AND REMARKS UPON, THE VIEWS OF MANUFACTURERS.8. APPENDIX C. REPLY FROM MANUFACTURERS, RECEIVED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ANALYSIS WHICH FORMS APPENDIX B.9. APPENDIX D. REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS TO THE LIGHTNING ROD CONFERENCE.10. APPENDIX E. PARTICULARS OF ACCIDENTS BY LIGHTNING COLLECTED IN THE YEARS 1857, 1858 AND 1859 BY MR. SYMONS, AND REPORT UPON THE SAME BY PROF. W. E. AYRTON.11. APPENDIX F. ABSTRACTS OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS.12. APPENDIX F. ABSTRACTS OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS. (continued 2)13. APPENDIX F. ABSTRACTS OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS. (continued 3)14. APPENDIX G. CATALOGUE OF WORKS UPON LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS, WITH A FEW UPON LIGHTNING, THUNDER, AND THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING STROKES, Chiefly extracted from the Ronald’s Catalogue, edited by Mr. Frost, but supplemented and brought down to 1880 by extracts from the Catalogues of R. ANDERSON, F.C.S.; LATIMER CLARK, C.E.; and G. J. SYMONS, F.R.S.15. APPENDIX H. APPLICATION TO AND REPLIES FROM THE LOCAL HONORARY SECRETARIES OF THE SOCIETY OF TELEGRAPH ENGINEERS AND CERTAIN OTHER DISTINGUISHED FOREIGN AUTHORITIES.16. APPENDIX I. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.17. APPENDIX J. DATA RESPECTING THE SECTIONAL AREA OF METAL REQUISITE FOR LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.18. APPENDIX K. NOTES respecting LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS, collected in PARIS in May, 1881, by Messrs. Preece & Symons.19. APPENDIX L. ON the LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS at the PARIS INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION, by Messrs. Dymond and Symons.20. APPENDIX M. MISCELLANEOUS.21. INDEX TO THE APPENDICES.22. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES