Lightning Conductors and Lightning Guards: A Treatise on the Protection of Buildings, of Telegraph Instruments and Submarine Cables, and of Electrical

by Oliver Lodge

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As a result of being asked to give public lectures on the subject, the eminent physicist Oliver Lodge (1851-1940) published in 1892 a pioneering study of the protection of buildings, cables and telegraphic instruments from the devastation caused by lightning strikes. This work led him almost immediately to the discovery of electromagnetic wave transmission and ultimately to the development of a version of radio telegraphy. Lodge also saw that many...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1108052150

ISBN13:9781108052153

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:590 Pages

Weight:1.63 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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