The Romance of Life Preservation
The Romance of Life Preservation
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Much of this opposition, however, was purely personal.
The first conductor set up in England was at Payne's Hill, by Dr. Watson. Little by little the prejudice against the invention vanished, and in course of years it was employed in every city of Europe.
Since those days lightning-conductors have been very greatly improved. Franklin's were originally made of iron, for the sake of cheapness ; but, as time went on, and the science of electricity progressed, the researches of Davy, Antoine Becque...rel, Pouillet, and others, proved that difi'erent metals possessed difi'erent powers of conveying electricity. Davy's experiments placed silver at the head of the list, copper almost close to it, and iron very far down indeed. Later investiga- tions have confirmed Davy's figures within one or two Hosted by Google DEFYING THE LIGHTNING. 125 per cent., and it is now generally agreed that a copper rod half an inch thick is just as serviceable as an iron rod 3^ inches thick, hence copper is now in universal use, being accepted as the best, lightest, and in the end the cheapest metallic material.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Much of this opposition, however, was purely personal.
The first conductor set up in England was at Payne's Hill, by Dr. Watson. Little by little the prejudice against the invention vanished, and in course of years it was employed in every city of Europe.
Since those days lightning-conductors have been very greatly improved. Franklin's were originally made of iron, for the sake of cheapness ; but, as time went on, and the science of electricity progressed, the researches of Davy, Antoine Becque...rel, Pouillet, and others, proved that difi'erent metals possessed difi'erent powers of conveying electricity. Davy's experiments placed silver at the head of the list, copper almost close to it, and iron very far down indeed. Later investiga- tions have confirmed Davy's figures within one or two Hosted by Google DEFYING THE LIGHTNING. 125 per cent., and it is now generally agreed that a copper rod half an inch thick is just as serviceable as an iron rod 3^ inches thick, hence copper is now in universal use, being accepted as the best, lightest, and in the end the cheapest metallic material.
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