Patent information:

Patent:Utility 443,048
Patented:December 16, 1890
Applied:September 28, 1889
Title:Method of Protecting Building from Lightning
Description:Lightning rod with non-conducting box filled with soot to break the electric current forcing it to disperse
Category:Lightning Rod
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

HODGES, Nathaniel D. C. Plainfield, NJ

Class and subclass information:

Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:2LIGHTNING PROTECTION;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:4RAIR TERMINALS;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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