Читать книгу Lightning Rod Conference - Various - Страница 2

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PREFACE.

Class of Facts most Required.

REPORT.

Section I. — The purpose which a Lightning Conductor is intended to serve.

Section II. — A Statement of those features in the construction and erection of Lightning Conductors, respecting which there has been, or is, a difference of opinion, and the final decision of the Conference thereupon.

Section III. — Code of Rules for the Erection of Lightning Conductors.

APPENDIX A. CIRCULAR AND QUESTIONS ISSUED TO Manufacturers of Lightning Conductors, AND THEIR REPLIES THERETO.

CIRCULAR. LIGHTNING ROD CONFERENCE.

QUESTIONS.

REPLIES.

APPENDIX B. ANALYSIS OF, AND REMARKS UPON, THE VIEWS OF MANUFACTURERS.

1. Form, dimensions, and material usually adopted for upper terminals.

2. The Material and Dimensions of the Conductor.

3. Is there any definite proportion between the length and sectional area of the conductor?

4. Joints, how made.

5. Attachment to building, how made.

6. Ground connection, how formed, and of what extent.

7. Extent of area supposed to be protected.

8. If there is more than one terminal, is the size of the conductor increased?

APPENDIX C. REPLY FROM MANUFACTURERS, RECEIVED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ANALYSIS WHICH FORMS APPENDIX B.

REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS OF THE LIGHTNING-ROD CONFERENCE.

DETAILS OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS APPLIED TO NOTTINGHAM CASTLE.

APPENDIX D. REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS TO THE LIGHTNING ROD CONFERENCE.

CIRCULAR.

REPLIES TO CIRCULAR.

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.

Selected accidents.

APPENDIX F. ABSTRACTS OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS.

FRENCH OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.

REPORT made to the ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, by Franklin , Leroy , Coulomb , de la Place , and Rochon .

REPORT made to the NATIONAL INSTITUTE, by Leroy , La Place , and Coulomb , on a Lightning Rod for Powder Magazines proposed by Regnier .

INSTRUCTIONS for erecting Lightning Rods for Powder Magazines , adopted by the Fortifications Committee .

REPORT on the foregoing Instructions made by La Place , Rochon , Charles , Montgolfier , and Gay Lussac to the National Institute .

INSTRUCTIONS about LIGHTNING RODS adopted by the Academy of Sciences.

REPORT on the points of upper terminals made by Messrs. Delieul, by a Committee consisting of MM. Becquerel , Babinet , Duhamel , Despretz , Cagniard de Latour , Regnault , de Senarmont , and Pouillet .

INSTRUCTIONS upon LIGHTNING RODS for POWDER MAGAZINES, by a Committee consisting of MM. Becquerel , Babinet , Duhamel , Fizeau , Edm Becquerel , Regnault , le Maréchal Vaillant , and Pouillet .

INSTRUCTIONS by the Committee consisting of MM. Alphand , Belgrand , Fizeau , Comte du Moncel , Ed. Becquerel , Desains , Ch. Sainte Claire-Deville , Duc , Ballu , Magne , Davioud , Felix Lucas , and R. Francisque Michel , appointed to inspect the Lightning Rods on the Municipal Buildings of Paris .

REPORT by the joint Secretary (Francisque Michel) of the Lightning Rod Committee to the Prefect of the Department of the Seine .

INSTRUCTIONS as to the application of LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS for protection of POWDER MAGAZINES, ETC.

REPORT ON THE DESTRUCTION BY LIGHTNING OF A GUNPOWDER STORE AT BRUNTCLIFFE, YORKSHIRE. By Major Y. D. Majendie, R.A.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON THE POWDER MAGAZINES AT PURFLEET.

EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON ELECTRICITY.

AN ESSAY on the cause of LIGHTNING , and the manner by which the thunder clouds become possessed of their electricity, deduced from known facts and properties of that matter, to which are added plain directions for constructing and erecting safe conductors. By John Simmons . 8vo. 1775.

A TREATISE on ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY.

HARRIS’S LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. REPORT to the Committee upon Mr. Snow Harris 's and other Lightning Conductors .

THE DIFFERENCE between LEYDEN DISCHARGES and LIGHTNING FLASHES. By C. V. Walker , Hon. Sec. Lon. Electrical Soc. London. 1842.

THE EFFECT OF A LIGHTNING FLASH on the steeple of BRIXTON CHURCH, and OBSERVATIONS ON LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS GENERALLY. By C. V. Walker. London. 1842.

ON THE NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS; and on the means of protecting buildings and shipping against the destructive effects of lightning. By W. Snow Harris, F.R.S. 1843.

AN ACCOUNT of the CHIMNEY of the EDINBURGH GAS WORKS. By G. Buchanan, C.E., F.R.S.E.

PAPERS relative to SHIPWRECKS BY LIGHTNING, as prepared by Sir Snow Harris , and presented by him to the Admiralty .

STATISTICS OF BUILDINGS AND SHIPS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. By F. Duprez, Member of the Academy.

ON ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY.

LE COUP DE FOUDRE DE L’ILE DU RHIN PRES DE STRASBOURG. Par M. F. Hugueny. 4to. Paris. 1869.

DIRECTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING LIGHTNING RODS. From “ Essays on Meteorology ,” by Professor Joseph Henry .

ON LIGHTNING AND LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By W. H. Preece , Mem. Inst. C.E.

LIGHTNING RODS AND HOW TO CONSTRUCT THEM.—— By John Phin , C.E. New York. 1873.

TRAITÉ DES PARATONNERES, &c. Par A. Callaud. Paris. 1874. Royal 8vo.

BLITZABLEITER-ANLAGEN. PROF. C. ZENGER’S SYMMETRISCHE BLITZABLEITER. C. Korte and Co., Prague.

PROF. ZENGER, ON THE ACTION OF SYMMETRICAL CONDUCTORS AND LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.

PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM LIGHTNING. By W. McGregor. Bedford, 1875. 8vo. 43 pages.

LYNILDENS FARLIGHED I NORGE. By H. Mohn , Kristiania. 1875.

LECTURE DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 28th April, 1875 . By R. J. Mann , M.D.

ON THE PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING. By Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S.

On Boiler and Factory CHIMNEYS and LIGHTNING Conductors. by R. Wilson. 1877.

NOUVEAU PARATONNERRE ACCEPTÉ PAR L’ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES. Par Jarriant. 8vo. Paris. 1877.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By Henry W. Spang. Philadelphia. 1877.

Ueber BLITZABLEITER und BLITZSCHLÄGE in GEBÄUDE welche mit BLITZABLEITERN versehen waren. Von G. Karsten. Kiel. 8vo. 1877.

ÉTUDE sur les PARATONNERRES leur CONSTRUCTION leur INSTALLATION. Par Jarriant. 8vo. Paris. 1878.

REPORT on THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS of the SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION FACTORY at DUM DUM, CALCUTTA. By W. P. Johnston. Government Telegraph Press. 1878. 4to.

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY. By David Brooks. Philadelphia. 1878. 8vo.

CATALOGUE Messrs. A. Collin et Fils , Article PARATONNERRES. Paris. 4to.

THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NOVEMBER 1st, 1879.

REMARKS ON THE ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AND ON THE ACTION OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By Prof. Dr. G. Karsten. 2nd edition. Kiel, 1879.

LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By Richard Anderson , London, 1879.

REPORT upon LIGHTNING DISCHARGES in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. By Dr. Leonhard Weber. 1880. 8vo.

DIE KONSTRUKTION und ANLEGUNG DER BLITZABLEITER zum Schutze aller Arten VON GEBÄUDEN SEESCHIFFEN und TELEGRAFEN STATIONEN. Von Dr. Otto Buchner. Weimar. 1867. 8vo.

EARTH CONNECTIONS OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By Lieut.-Col. Stotherd, R.E.

REMARKS on some PRACTICAL points connected with the construction of LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By R. J. Mann , M.D., F.R.A.S. (Quarterly Journal Meteor. Soc. , October, 1875) .

ON THE PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING. By R. S. Brough , 4to, Mussoorie , 1878.

LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By Professors Ayrton and Perry . (Journal Society of Telegraph Engineers. Vol. V., 1876, p. 412.)

ON THE PROPER FORM OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By W. H. Preece , C.E. (British Association Report , 1880) .

ÉTABLISSEMENT DE LA FORMULE RELATIVE AU RAYON D’ACTION DES PARATONNERRES. Par Emile Lacoine . (L’Electricité , October, 1880.)

ON THE SPACE PROTECTED BY A LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR. By W. H. Preece , C.E. (Phil. Mag. , Dec., 1880.)

SHORT ACCOUNT of the STRIKING BY LIGHTNING of the RAILWAY TERMINUS at ANTWERP, on the 10th of JULY, 1865. By M. Melsens , Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium.

ON LIGHTNING PROTECTORS WITH POINTS, CONDUCTORS, and MULTIPLE EARTH CONNECTIONS, a detailed Description of the Lightning Protector erected on the Town Hall of Brussels in 1865, with an Account of the Principles adopted in the Construction, by M. Melsens, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium.

DE L’APPLICATION du RHE-ÉLECTROMÈTRE aux PARATONNERRES DES TÉLÉGRAPHES. Par M. Melsens.

TROISIÈME NOTE sur les PARATONNERRES. Par M. Melsens.

QUATRIÈME NOTE sur les PARATONNERRES. Par M. Melsens.

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.

OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS, FRANCE.

ANONYMOUS.

APPENDIX H. APPLICATION TO AND REPLIES FROM THE LOCAL HONORARY SECRETARIES OF THE SOCIETY OF TELEGRAPH ENGINEERS AND CERTAIN OTHER DISTINGUISHED FOREIGN AUTHORITIES.

REGULATIONS for the Arrangement and Construction of Lightning Conductors for Military and Public Buildings in DENMARK, as adopted by the Royal Engineers, 1869.

APPENDIX I. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.

EDDYSTONE LIGHT.—REPORT of Professor Faraday on Electrical Phenomenon which occurred thereat on the 11th January, 1853 .

ACCIDENT at BOOTHAM BAR, YORK, compiled from notes and measurements taken by J. Edmund Clark.

APPENDIX J. DATA RESPECTING THE SECTIONAL AREA OF METAL REQUISITE FOR LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.

TABLE I.—LIST OF METALS MELTED.

TABLE II.—REMARKS RESPECTING DIMENSIONS.

DIMENSIONS OF LIGHTNING RODS—COPPER.

APPENDIX K. NOTES respecting LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS, collected in PARIS in May, 1881, by Messrs. Preece & Symons.

APPENDIX L. ON the LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS at the PARIS INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION, by Messrs. Dymond and Symons.

APPENDIX M. MISCELLANEOUS.

MEANS to be adopted for ensuring PERSONAL SAFETY FROM THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.

INJURY to GAS AND WATER-PIPES by LIGHTNING.

COLLIERY WORKINGS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

ACCIDENTS by LIGHTNING at the SWAN COTTON MILL, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM. Report by J. Doherty, A.S.T.E.

ESSAY on the effects of HEAVY DISCHARGES OF ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY, as exemplified in the Storms of the Summer of 1846 * * * * and Remarks on the Use and Application of LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. By E. Highton, Esq., C.E.

THUNDERSTORMS.

On the PROTECTION of BUILDINGS from LIGHTNING.

Specification (No. 3925. September, 1880) of Samuel Vyle . LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.

On the PARTIAL PROTECTION of BUILDINGS.

INDEX TO THE APPENDICES.