...spectator can conceive the awful, though sublime effect of such phenomena. At every flash of.lightning, an explosive stream, accompanied by a peculiar noise,...ground, and transmits the accumulated electricity with silence and with safety." LXXXIX.—On Facile Means of procuring Beautiful Objects for the Microscope....

...and it has been well observed by Mr. Singer, in his excellent work on Electricity, " that during this display of electric power, so awful to an ordinary...conducts the lightning in any required direction, and'employs it to fuse wires, decompose fluids, or fire inflammable substances ; and when the effects...

...Singer, " that during this display of electric power, so * Transactions of the Royal Society. f Ibid. I awful to an ordinary observer, the electrician sits...fire inflammable substances ; and when the effects become too powerful to attend to such experiments, he then connects the insulated wire with the ground,...

...in his Elements of Electricity, " that during this display of electric power, so fearful to a common observer, the electrician sits quietly in front of...direction, and employs it to fuse wires, decompose fluids, and fire inflammable substances ; and when the effects become too powerful to attend to such experiments,...

...in his Elements of Electricity, " that during this display of electric power, so fearful to a common observer, the electrician sits quietly in front of the apparatus, conducts the lightning in a;iy required direction, and employs it to fuse wires, decompose fluids, and tire inflammable substances...

...charged cloud produces sometimes positive and at others negative signs at first. * * * During this display of electric power, so awful to an ordinary...substances ; and when the effects are too powerful, he connects the insulated wire with the ground, and transmits the accumulated electricity with silence...