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Extracts.

Globe Lightning.

THE DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 1873.

Barrative, but it is necessary to point out they sometimes pauso in their course, and that, if we accept the narrative as true in all presently haston on with great rapidity? To particular, the globe-ligaming exhibited these and other questione Ecienso ao yat (By Richard 4. Prester, in Casecil's Main the case appeas quite different from returns no atiswer. Globe-lightrings.com. which have been neually observed tinue among the most inexplicable pheno. garine)

But perhaps the most marvellous story over mena within the range of physica." related of globaar lightnings is that gather ed by M. Babinet from a workman in whose dwelling had been struck by

the by

of

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like a line or fuzrow-vivid, narrow, sharply M. Babinot was deputed onthenticate the pebble power were fired as Woolwick from thecies of Insurance at the current rates ot

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Every one is familiar with the appearance of "sheet-lightning, and there are few who have not seen "zag or forked abixing defined, and abruptly indented-athwart the

Sciences" to investigate and s dark bosom of the storm-cloud, Bat there

cate the htning. So fara case of globular lightning. faras those pho- is a third form of lightning, very different nomann were concerned which were welts from either of the others as specta appeared unso and duration, and much less commonly by more than one obeerter, there was no thing particularly Boleworthy.. A globe of

the

Several roads nf 11516 and 12016 charges of

65 ton gun. The object was to text a new form of carriage designed for the Devastation by the Royal Carriage Department, and to ascertain the velosity and pressure given by such enor one charges. It seems that there is, to some

to the most exltable ballaring cbarge for the

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seen. Tho lightings of this class assume a fire had been seen thrown fragments new weapon. Some maintain that this shouldROM and after this date the following rates globular figure, and more from the earth to house, bad burst, and inner of the bextent, a divided opinion among artillerista'da 3

in

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JAS. B. COUGHTRIS,"

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and of the destructively of Sciences, we presume that be accepted splitting the steel tube. Every gun appear Above 3 months) affects produced by their explosion. In the trustworthy The tailor was seated be to have s obarge especially suitable to it and not excaod. }

a table, finishing his meal, when the obim to say in each palibas, after a certain point

ia raschod, ang addition to the obarge nd wind slight had enormously, to the pressure in the bore without able thunderstorm in Brittany, and the blown it

Looking up over. Aclery of Paris deputed: M. Deslandes of fire about the size of a child's head some shot. Thus a fase test extra velocity may be

the to collect accounts of ull

circumstarocs

quietly from the chimney, and disport itself dearly purchased. The Woolvion Infant scens obrerved during the progress the storm. about the room, at a small height above the to take its dose of 115bs, pleasantly enough, but A church near Breat bad been entirely dee- tiles of his floor. He describes it as remit is said that the prossure on the internal sar- and several witncases declared that biing a kitten rolled up in a ball and playing occasionally, to gros 4 tons on the square inch: troyed,

foon giren yesterday by the 12016 charges roso the catastrophe had been caused by three about willout slowing its paws. It upper-The unthorities are quite right to get as much fiery globes, each of which was three or feeted bright and slaining, but he could feel no work as they out our dosing by lead to in diameter. These united and then travailed heat from it. It came near his feet like a should remember that overdosing may

towards the church, which was de.

against ite mastor's legs." But the tailor m violent thounderstorm near Horn, a fire was not willing to suffer this fortunate The reault of the experiment tried at the ball was seen to full stil, rebounding from circumstance, perhaps, if we consider the Queen's in placing ballot boxes throughout the the earth, to strike the dome of a tower and

Affects

produced when the globe eventually theatre to enable visitors to the Tempest to set it on

on fire. On the Srd of July, 1725, the burst. He moved his feet aside, end by record their votes in favour of the next play of

Wasac, the Rar. Joseph of Ayuho,

Shakspeare to be represented, bea resulted in Northamptou, saw a fire-ball almost as large que movements, all performed very gent. the selection of Hamlet, Macbeth, and

ly, he as the moon, and heard the would team that it played some time around

avoided

the dangerous object. It

Pericles... (iu

wileaged on the 4th An exciting ecins what und of its flight throught the sir the tailer, who continued seated, bending Dina demanly pupulated part of the me Lisseurance) During the same storm a tradesman saw down to look at it and examining it attentropolis known as Cowdrors, West Smithfield. fire-ball, as large as 'n man's head, burst into tively. At last it rose vertically to the height A three-storey wad on tonoment who found to ho four pieces over the church. In all these of a head, so that he had to throw hisself on fire, and the flames spread with such rapidity cases the globes were seen to strike objects, back in his chair to avoid contact with it. that the retreat of the impates was cut off. A THE exploding as they did so. Sometimes, bow- Rising then to a height of a few feet from the man zizmed Edwards sua fedel in lowering hie ever, the globes disappear silently. In the matte shelf, it directed its path toward a blankets and simèts tied together, theu bin aiz shudrén ont of a window by mands of of

there occurred a Bole pierced in the chimney. This hole had wife, and assily biaself. His mother, however, thunderstorm in which, instead of the teen made to admit a stove pipe used by the was bumit to Heath, lightnings being of the ordinary form," says workmen in winter, and was covered by a gostlöst, fiüing through Bydenham, THE undersigned baring boon appointed Lo Gentil, they consisted of

Agents for the above Corporation, are globes of tire, which appeared suddenly, and Paper which had been pasted over it: 80 that; Bow aboard with "This cottage for nail," paint-repared to grant Insurances as follows

to use the tailor's expression,

"the thundered on it. As bo was always ready for a plus-

FARINE DEPARTMENT, S disappeared in the same manner, without any could not see the hole." However, keuse, he stopped and seked her very politelPolicies at current rates, payable either hers,

the sant juke, and seeing a vomin in front of the explosion." In a violent thunderstorm which fire-ball, went

straight occurred near Wakefield, in 1774, Mr. unpasted the paper, and passed when the cottage, would all." Just as soon in London or ut, the principal. Parts of India, Nicholson,a well-known and trusted observer, chimney. Then, when it had had time the quiet reply. The World of Wiland Humour Policies fasted for long or short periods at

into the as the man comes who om raise the wind," was

FIRE DEPARTMENT, saw meteors resembling shooting stars, but to teach the top of the chimney, he beard The editor of a Western paper Joys that he current rates. descending continually from a cloud bigh up a dreadful explosion, and the fragments of has three times put on a clean shirt for the pur in the air to another at a lower blevation. In

LIFE DEPARTMENT. we have no evidence which would but did not see him, and couoludes an account on reasonable terms in Sussen, was thrown to the ground by or- lead us to look on the shore account as noticos-The goversat is respect fully informed of bis disappointments with the following dinary lightning, which at the same stroke trustworthy that is, no evidence we cannot afford to make another such ran Just before, he along the globes of fire anos seen, within that we then one, tore have the honour of killed two of his servants.

a could pass out had seen several balls of fire fall from large black cloud into the sea. These globalartially

exploding making his wquaintance, be will have no rez- not unfrequently met lightningars with corar at sea. On the of thunderbolts which have presented the

with in

inthere are many well-authenticatedinstansestri,” thunderstorms 14th of February, 186, the line of battle globe-form within the interior buildings. ship Warren Hastings, which bruk ber launched but a for days before, was struck during a thunderstorm, in the midst of no icee than thres times i

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Dov in the form of a ball of fire. On the 13th of Longhirs. At the same instant four analler agent: tai se abure Company, Be, this THE Undersigned having been appointed July, 1799, the East India Company'sably the globes exploded within the church, filling it Fort, are prepared to grant Poboies against Good Hope, was struck by lightning of a with flame and smoke. It is well known Viro to the extent of $40,000, on Buildings, or globular form, which exploded violently, kill that during volcanic araptions lightning is a on Goods stored therein. ing one sailorand wounding others. Again, on phecoreenen vary frequently, perhaps always, the 4th November, 1749, as the English ship observed. And it would seem that tho Montague was sailing past Cape Finisterre, laminans l'ara Abraewhat more common, the

westfor being serene and calm, a ball of bluish Game about as large as a mill-alone in nuantair, in volcanic eruptions than

lightning storm. Sir was sech rolling on the surface of the sea, Hamilton and othör observers saw many such and advancing rapidly towards the ship globes issue from the heavy cloud of ashes When not very far off, the ball ross alert which overhang Yesuvius, the eruptions perpendicularly, and exploded about fortyor of 1779 and 1704 The fire-balls were very from the main chains. The main large, and burst in the air. The electrician fifty yards topmast was shattored into fondouts, and can reprodues all the phenomena presented

rel the mainmast, reat down to the vory Five sailors were stunned, and one of them by lightning, except those exhibited by glote

We are seen, in Sir John

severely burnt. The noise of the explosion explanation of the bolides, an it-

as "e]pal to

is described as to that of several tempt to show that globe-lightnings are hundred counons fired at once." We might similar to a phenomenon ·which

is produced

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abore his We returs,

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