. Thunder and lighting. PHOTOGRAPH OP THE POSITIVE POLE OF AN ELECTKIC SPAEK. [Page PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEGATIVE POLE OP AN ELECTBIO SPABK. IPage 84. FIREBALLS 86 is when ball lightning loses part of its fluidity andbecomes a semi-solid body, as in the followinginstance:— On April 24, 1887, a storm burst over Mortree(Ome), and the lightning literally chopped the tele-graph wire on the route to Argentan for a distanceof 150 yards. The pieces were so calcinated thatthey might have been under the fire of a forge;some of the longer ones were bent and their sectionswelded together. The lightning
. Thunder and lighting. PHOTOGRAPH OP THE POSITIVE POLE OF AN ELECTKIC SPAEK. [Page PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEGATIVE POLE OP AN ELECTBIO SPABK. IPage 84. FIREBALLS 86 is when ball lightning loses part of its fluidity andbecomes a semi-solid body, as in the followinginstance:— On April 24, 1887, a storm burst over Mortree(Ome), and the lightning literally chopped the tele-graph wire on the route to Argentan for a distanceof 150 yards. The pieces were so calcinated thatthey might have been under the fire of a forge;some of the longer ones were bent and their sectionswelded together. The lightning entered by the doorof a stable in the form of a fireball, and came neara person who was preparing to milk a cow; then itpassed between the legs of the ammai, and disappearedwithout causing any damage. The terrified cow raiseditself on its hind legs with frantic bellowing, and itsmaster ran away, frightened out of his wits, butthere was no harm done. The inexplicable phenomenon was that at theprecise moment when the lightning crossed the stable,a great quantity of incandescent ston
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