Observations upon lightning, and the method of securing buildings from its effects. In a letter to Sir Charles Frederick, &c. &c. &c / by B. Wilson ... and others.

  • Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788.
Date:
1773
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    fary to be done upon that occafion. The Council afterwards tranftnitted to the Board a copy of that report, together with another paper written by iny- felf in confequence thereof. For, during the confideration of that bufinefs, fome doubts having arifen in my mind, with regard to the propriety of points^ which were propofed to terminate the top of each condud:or; and thofe doubts being founded upon experiment? and ob- fervations, I could not confidently fubfcribe to that report, nor fupprefs my opinion on a fubjedl of fuch importance. Whatever may be the fentiments of others re- fpeding thofe doubts, yet they being the refult of my mature confideration, I thought it my duty to propofe them to the Committee; and further to ‘exprefs my dijjmt in writing to that particular part of their report: giving at the fame time fome of the principal reafons for fuch diflent, and referring them, for further fatisfadion on this fubjed, to a letter which is already publiflhed in the Tranfadions of the Royal Society. As that diffent is the origin of this paper, a copy of it is here inferted. I diflent from the report above, in that part only which recommends, that each Condudor fhould terminate in z point. My reafon for diflenting is, that fuch Con- dudors are, in my opinion, lefs lafe than thofe which are not pointed..