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The Massachusetts Spy
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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A German officer leading a company sheltered in a wood during a storm; his steel poniard attracted lightning, shattering it without harming him, suggesting steel attracts lightning more than trees.
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London, August 17.
A Correspondent desires us to insert an instance of the attraction of steel, which he had from a German officer of veracity:-- That Gentleman being at the head of a company, when a sudden storm came on, they sought shelter in the entrance of a wood: It lightened excessively, and, being in a direct point to the storm, the poniard, which the above mentioned Gentleman had in his hand, so powerfully attracted the lightning, that it was shivered to pieces; happily he received no damage; but this will, perhaps, be admitted as a proof, that the smallest quantity of steel has more attraction in it than a whole forest of trees.
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poniard shivered to pieces; officer unharmed.
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A German officer at the head of a company sought shelter in a wood entrance during a sudden storm with excessive lightning. His poniard in hand attracted the lightning, shattering it, but he received no damage. This serves as proof that even a small quantity of steel attracts lightning more than a forest of trees.