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Lightning
Conductor
ZAZ6798
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Conductor
ZAZ6795
Lightning
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ZAZ6796
Lightning
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ZAZ6801
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Papers about proposed
lightning
conductors and wire ropes, 1840-50. (Manuscript)
1840-1850
ELL/276
Autobiography of Anthony Enright, master of the Clippers REINDEER and CHRYSOLITE and the Royal Mail Ship
LIGHTNING
1816-1910
BGR/38
Memoranda and letters: Harris, proposals for the use of a
lightning
conductor, 1837. (Manuscript)
1837
ELL/255
Minutes of the court martial of Captain Archibald Hamilton of the
LIGHTNING
held onboard the BARFLEUR
1706-03
FFX/2/2/8
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Shipwreck by
lightning
: papers relative to Harris's
lightning
conductors
Forbes, R B
1853
623.83
BOOK
1 copy available in Onsite storage - please ORDER to view.
The
lightning
galop
D'Albert, Charles
629.123LIGHTNING
BOOK
2 copies available in Item unavailable to order - please contact staff.
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