Lightning-discharges to grounded conductors
Abstract
There has recently been considerable discussion regarding the probability that lightning will strike a well-grounded conductor such as a lightning-rod, a metal smokestack, a steel transmission-tower, or a radio antenna. It is contended on the one hand that electricity escaping into the air from metal points such as are found on lightning-rods has a tendency to equalize the difference of potential between the clouds and the earth, and thus to decrease the danger of a lightning-stroke. This viewpoint is expressed by Professor J. B. Whitehead (Science, v. 78, p. 507, 1933) and is held by the majority of laymen.
- Publication:
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Transactions, American Geophysical Union
- Pub Date:
- 1934
- DOI:
- 10.1029/TR015i001p00133-2
- Bibcode:
- 1934TrAGU..15..133J