The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was a publication from the mid 1700's covering much of the advancement of scientific knowledge of the early industrial era. This is one page from that document, taken from volume 50, published in 1757. I will have this entire volume uploaded, but unfortuanely, only one page at a time. OCR by The Paperless Office
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was a publication from the mid 1700's covering much of the advancement of scientific knowledge of the early industrial era. This is one page from that document, taken from volume 50, published in 1757. I will have this entire volume uploaded, but unfortuanely, only one page at a time. OCR by The Paperless Office
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was a publication from the mid 1700's covering much of the advancement of scientific knowledge of the early industrial era. This is one page from that document, taken from volume 50, published in 1757. I will have this entire volume uploaded, but unfortuanely, only one page at a time. OCR by The Paperless Office
the tzlais where it penetrated, anti tit the window- frame on fire. Float thtnce it darted M Brie from R W. to N. E. downward, made a large Item itt r plaiftered partition near the floor into the barn, flat- tered a large paving rag-fione in pieces, and tearing' up the ground I fuppofe, funk into the mai The tints were allbtled with the lightning, particularly that neaten the hook, from the top of which to the toot appeared large furrows in the mots, which grew on the hark, in fame places in en irregular fpiral, bot foe the moll part in a perpendicular line and from the root of it the ground was torn up in fur- rows, as if done with a plough-thare, about fix feet long,11*furlows gradually leffening according to their Mance from the tree. All this was done inflanta- neoady. How wearingly fivik, fulatle, ea power- ful is the fitrce of lightning ! I am, Reverend Sir, Your moll obedient Servant, James Dyei.
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the fame day that the lighming Bruck thc farm- hale at Bucklawren, it till upon another honk. called Pelyne, in the parial of Lamella, about fix miles dillant. The Isaac front, the call. The chimney, which is at the north end, is cracked, and Pu open"'
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