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
Incidentally, radio antennae should be properly grounded and have an approved lightning arrester.
From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Frank Lieberman
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 Armand Both
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 Florence Kimball Russel
Don't fail to use a lightning arrester, or better, a lightning switch, for your receiving set.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins
