Ogden Rood

“{{w|Edward Leamington Nichols}}, {{cite web |title=Biographical Memoir of Ogden Nicholas Rood, 1831-1902|url=”

“After the completion of my first set of experiments on the duration of the discharge of a {{w|Leyden jar}}, I became anxious to make some measurements of the duration of a flash of ordinary lightning, which may be considered equivalent to the discharge of an immense jar with an enormous striking-distance.”