lightning arrester
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A lightning arrester no bigger than a quart-size fruit jar receives the bolt, discharges it harmlessly through its coils.
From Time Magazine Archive
The simple principles of switchboard construction, the development of the switchboard, the connections of the various instruments, including the lightning arrester, are also plainly set forth.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The fault was found in a lightning arrester which one of the operators had neglected in the cable hut.
From A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route by Russel, Florence Kimball
It includes the local wiring within the premises of the subscriber and also the lightning arrester and other protective devices, if such exist.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster
Stumbling through the débris that covered the floor, Bucks made his way to the operator’s table and put his hand up to cut in the lightning arrester.
From The Mountain Divide by Both, Armand
