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I ENCLOSE a photograph of the tracings, recording the atmospheric electricity disturbances from January 4 to February 15 inclusive. The records are obtained in the following manner: Two antennæ are used, one vertical 20 metres in length, its lower extremity connected to coherer. The other, 47 metres long, consisting of an ascending vertical portion of 20 metres, also connected below with same pole of coherer, a horizontal portion of 7 metres, and a descending vertical portion of 20 metres, the whole being the shape of an inverted U, going up one side of house, across the top and down the other side. These two antennæ are carefully insulated. The other pole of coherer is connected to earth, in this case to the bottom of a deep well. The coherer closes the circuit of a relay, which in its turn closes the circuit of two electro-magnets, one of which draws up the style and so records a stroke on the revolving drum; the other sets a clockwork apparatus in movement which strikes coherer and so decoheres. The receiver is situated on a hill, overlooking the neighbouring country.
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PELLEW, E. Variations of Atmospheric Electricity. Nature 63, 491 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/063491a0
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