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
Of course on an indoor aerial there’s no need of a lightning arrester.
From The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room by Chapman, Allen
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
Explain the reason for placing an impedance in connection with the lightning arrester.
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
