Transactions of the American Philosophical Society .. . Vc/J^Pu. ( 119 ) N^. XIV. Account of fiveral Houses in Philadelphia, finick-withLightning, on June 7, 1789. By Mr. David ,rt«J Dr. JoHN ^^iU]tl f\^ ^^^^^^^^y the 7th of June, 1789, whllft\_J a tbunder-guft from the South-weft waspafling over this city, a flafh of lightning ftruck two ad-joining buildii>o;s» the kitchens of houfes on the Southfide of Drinkers The annexed drawing reprefents an infide view of part^of the Sou^h end of rhefe buildings. The funnels of thetwo kitchen chimneys, and thofe of the two
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society .. . Vc/J^Pu. ( 119 ) N^. XIV. Account of fiveral Houses in Philadelphia, finick-withLightning, on June 7, 1789. By Mr. David ,rt«J Dr. JoHN ^^iU]tl f\^ ^^^^^^^^y the 7th of June, 1789, whllft\_J a tbunder-guft from the South-weft waspafling over this city, a flafh of lightning ftruck two ad-joining buildii>o;s» the kitchens of houfes on the Southfide of Drinkers The annexed drawing reprefents an infide view of part^of the Sou^h end of rhefe buildings. The funnels of thetwo kitchen chimneys, and thofe of the two chambersover them arc c^rriod up feparately by the fide of eachother. They had been originally of the fame height, hut-that on the right band next the middle has been raifed>fince about two feet higher. There was a fire burnino- ajthe time in the two kitchen chimneys, whofe funncls^arecarried up in the midft of the ftack. The lightningatthe fame inflant pafled through thefe tvv^o funnels, and byrarifying the enclofed air, forced out the wall on theNorth
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