Show chemical effect lightning works chemically as wn well ts mechanically it has tbt power ot of developing a peculiar odor which b hu been variously compared to that of ph phosphorus os nitrous gas and most frequently burning sulphur wafer mentions a storm on the isthmus of darien which diffused such a sulphurous stench isten elt through the atmosphere that ho he and ilia hia ma companions could scarcely draw thair breath particularly when they plunged into the wood the british ship montague was once struck by globular lightning A satanic savor behind it that theli the vessel essel seemed bothin no nothing thin but sulphur and every man was suffocating about abent a year ago the newspapers recorded a similar experience of the crew of another english ship while crossing the north pacific fx from om china to tho the states in tois fais case the crew had to take to the rigging to prevent beng being choked by the sulphur fumes fues chams bera journal |