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
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
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 Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
Proper Functions:—A fuse is not a good lightning arrester.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster
“Why, you thick heads,” replied Jimmy, with more force than politeness, “don’t you know that you don’t have to have a lightning arrester with a loop aerial?”
From The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room by Chapman, Allen
