Lightning Rods “The electrical fire would‚ I think‚ be drawn out of a cloud silently‚ before it could come near enough to strike…” said Benjamin Franklin.3 Contrary to popular belief‚ a lightning rod does not attract lightning. The lightning rod provides a path towards the ground to conduct massive electrical currents when lightning does occur. The pointed metal rod‚ usually attached to the roof of a building‚ could be an inch in diameter and connected to a large piece of copper or an aluminum
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The Lightning Thief Main article: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief is the first book in the series. It was released on June 28‚ 2005. Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy goes to a middle school called Yancy Academy‚ which is a school for troubled kids. During a field trip‚ Percy is attacked by Alecto‚ a mythological creature known as a Fury‚ who was disguised as his pre-algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds. Percy kills Mrs. Dodds with a pen sword that his Latin teacher
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Lightning is not distributed evenly around the planet‚ as seen in the image on the right. About 70% of lightning occurs over land in the tropics where atmospheric convection is the greatest. This occurs from both the mixture of warmer and colder air masses‚ as well as differences in moisture concentrations‚ and it generally happens at the boundaries between them. The flow of warm ocean currents past drier land masses‚ such as the Gulf Stream‚ partially explains the elevated frequency of lightning
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LIGHTNING ARRESTER INTRODUCTION A lightning arrester is a device used on electrical power systems and telecommunications systems to protect the insulation and conductors of the system from the damaging effects of lightning. The typical lightning arrester has a high-voltage terminal and a ground terminal. When a lightning surge (or switching surge‚ which is very similar) travels along the power line to the arrester‚ the current from the surge is diverted through the arrestor‚ in most cases to
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The Lightning Bolt One day Zeus went to go see Posiedon. So they can make a deal so they dont have to fight. Because a long time ago they got into a fight about something stupid because Posiedon said he was better than Zeus. So they decided to make a lightning bolt. The lightning bolt was big‚ loud‚ lighting strikes every time it would flash. And the strikes were bright. It was as bright as a light bulb. So that day they got all their materials around. The next day they made the lightning bolt
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A Sound of Thunder is a great story written by Ray Bradbury‚ however‚ Nethergrave is an even better story written by Gloria Skurzynski. Though both of these stories are science fiction‚ I enjoyed reading Nethergrave more than Sound of Thunder‚ the story has more of a unique feature to it‚ seeing as it is not set in the future and most science fiction stories are set in the future like A Sound of Thunder. Also the imagery in Gloria’s story grabs my attention unlike in Sound of Thunder. Both of these
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or appreciate it. In the end‚ your worth will show in some way. In the book‚ The Lightning Thief‚ I thought I that it was about a boy named Percy who has dyslexia and ADHD that always gets into trouble. Then‚ Percy learns that his dad is the sea god Poseidon. Afterwards‚ Percy finds out that Zeus has accused him of stealing his lightning bolt. Now‚ Percy must go on a quest with his new friends to find Zeus’s lightning bolt so that there isn’t another world war. He also wants to save his mom who has
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Days of Thunder (1990) directed by Tony Scott is a film about an open–wheel race car driver trying to make it in the National Association of Stock Car Racing (NASCAR). Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is picked up (hired) by race team owner Tim Daland (Randy Quaid). Daland convinces Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall)‚ a retired crew chief‚ to come out of retirement and be crew chief to his race team. Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker) is Trickle’s racing nemesis; he is a hot headed driver who will do whatever it takes
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A Sound of Thunder is a short story written by Ray Bradbury which belongs to the genre of science fiction. Set in a near future where time travel is possible‚ this is the story of a travel agency‚ Time Safari Inc.‚ that arranges hunting trips back in time to hunt dinosaurs. In this case‚ a nervous hunter‚ Eckels‚ steps off the trail‚ and steps on a butterfly. The historical repercussions of the death of a single butterfly‚ compounded by millions of years of effects‚ leaves the hunters to return to
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Anahi Miranda English Period 6 The Sound Of Thunder WOW! Ray Bradbury explains how easy it can be to the future. In his own story The Sound Of Thunder using imagery and creating suspense using tone and mood. The book can keep uou in suspense on what will happen next because of Rays imagery and tone the book will keep you interested. Everything about his story catches my attention. He goes into time to travel back into the past to see how it was. Second‚ they step into the time
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