Excerpt from Lightning Conductors, Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application
The want in England of a good practical work on Lightning Conductors, accessible to both the professional and nonprofessional reader, has long been a subject of remark. That there are English works bearing more or less on Lightning Protection will be seen at once on reference to the Bibliography contained in the Appendix, pp. 231-248. But it will be found these books are either obsolete and out of print, or are written in a purely popular style that conveys little or no 'usable' information whereby may be obtained a trustworthy account of the growth and application of the Lightning Conductor.
It is with a view of meeting this need that the present work has been written. It contains not only a history of the various methods that have been used to this end, but also a thoroughly practical exposition of the systems employed by the best authorities in various countries.
To Architects, Clergymen, Municipal Officials, and all those in charge of large and lofty buildings, it would be impossible to over-estimate the importance of this subject. Year by year an enormous amount of property is destroyed merely because the simplest precautions have not been taken to guard churches and other large buildings from the effects of thunder storms.
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