 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...Priestley observes, that the place of most perfect safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person is lower than the surface...within a few yards of a tree, but not quite near it. Beccaria cautions persons not always to trust too much to the neighbourhood of a higher or better conductor... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...PRIESTLY observes, that the place of most absolute safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person is lower than the surface of the earth, the lightning must strike the earth before it can possibly reach him. But where it can be had, a hammock or swinging bed, suspended... | |
 | James Smith - 1815 - 942 pages
...Priestley observes, that the place of most perfect safety, must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it; for when a person is lower than the surface...lightning must strike it before it can possibly reach him. It is therefore most probable that it will become immediately diffused, and' not enter the cellar,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1816 - 182 pages
...Priestley observes that the place of most perfect safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person is lower than the surface...a few yards of a tree, but not quite near it. III. Water*spoutt. A water.spout is an extraordinary meteor, most frequently observed at sea. It commonly... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 pages
...Priestley observes, that the place of most absolute safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person is lower than the surface of the earth, the lightning must strike the earth before it can possibly reach him. In the fields, the place of safety is within a few yards... | |
 | George Gregory - 1820 - 458 pages
...is a rare case. During a thunder storm the safest place is in a cellar; for when a person is below the surface of the earth, the lightning must strike it before it can reach him, and its force will therefore probably be expended on it. When it is not possible to retreat... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 408 pages
...Priestley observes, that the place of most perfect safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person is lower than the surface...within a few yards of a tree, but not quite near it. Beccaria cautions persons not always to trust too much to the neighbourhood of a higher or better conductor... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...Priestley observes, that the place of most perfect safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it : for when a person is lower than the surface...within a few yards of a tree, but not quite near it Beccaria cautions persons not always to trust too much to the neighbourhood of a higher or better conductor... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...place of most perfect safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person u lower than the surface of the earth, the lightning...within a few yards of a tree, but not quite near it Beccaria cautions persona not always to trust too much to the neighborhood of a higher or better conductor... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...better conductor, the wall. The place of most absolute safety is the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person is lower than the surface of the earth, the lightning must strike the earth before it can possibly reach him. But where it can be bad, a hammock or swinging berd, suspended... | |
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But the safest place of all is in a hammock hung by silken cords, at an equal distance from all the sides of the room. Dr. Priestley observes, that the place of most perfect safety must be the cellar, and especially the middle of it ; for when a person... 
