Article ID: CBB000082136

The lawyer and the lightning rod (1999)

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Description On a 1783 trial in the French city of Arras concerning the forced removal of a lightning rod. The defense lawyer was Robespierre, who “persuasively resolved the crucial problem, namely, the proper relations of scientific to legal authority.”


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Authors & Contributors
Haubelt, Josef
Ziggelaar, August
Wuttke, Dieter
Tyldesley, J. B.
Shapiro, Alan E.
Schröder, Wilfried
Concepts
Electrical meteorology; optical meteorology
Optics
Geomagnetism
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Renaissance
19th century
Places
Italy
British Isles
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