| Show lightning 0 arago has divided H lightning Int othree classes the tha first includes those where tile the disc discharge harge harga appears pears sike like a along lor lot g luminous line bout bont into angles and ag g and varying in complexion from fr on white whits to blue purple or red this kind is known ni forked lightning because it occasionally divides into two branches before reaching tile the earth as if anxious to double its damages it lias has also been seen to sever into three carpentier supplied arago with a case of tricuspid ate ale lightning where tile the southern fork set fire to a honse house in the suburbs of Freiberg iberg lberg the middle struck a building near the cathedral at lle lie the distance of 3 feet from the first point of descent and the northern division of the flush flash creaked wreaked its fury oil on a cottage in a neighboring village vill aga situated feet feel from the cathedral the same individual speaks of another instance in ili which five trees standing at sonic some distance from each other were smitten though not more than a single peal of thunder was heard still more numer numerous oui are reported for il it is said tint th it during a tempest at landerneau Lauder lander neau and st pol da leolita Leo edity four churches were struck though three distinct claps only were heard at the time tile TUB second class differs from tile the first in ill tile tiie bwy ran 3 of over which the lie flash is diffused from this circumstance the discharge is designated sheet lightning sometimes lomath Soma times n es it a simply n I 1 y gilds lids the marg margin in of the cloud fro froal al w willell 1 11 el i it it ip leaps ea ps but at olbers it floods it with a in luid euid id radiance or else suffuses its surface with blushes ora ofa of a rosy or violet hue litte turn we to the class of these an ari not only remarkable for their eccentric eccentricities i ties but bul they have been made the subject of considerable contention they neither assume the form of long iona lines on tiie the one hand nor of sheets of flame 0 on n the tho other othera but exhibit themselves as balls or glob globular ular lamps of fire F from roin prof wheat stones ili fil genious ingenious experiments it has been shown that an ordinary flash nash although darting as it may seem from horizon to horizon orizon li does not occupy the thousandth part of a second in its transit it has been calculated that the spark obtained from an electrical machine comes and goes ju in tile the millionth part of a second yet spite of this characteristic velocity of the third order have been atto ling along at a leisurely pace or traver traversing slag the air at all an easy as the eye might readily bollom folio v or the foot positively outstrip A striking klag oe urceil to a M butti at milan one summers day dis ahila a terrible thunderstorm was raging this individual was seated iti iu his ap his attention was withdrawn from tiie tile lau iau in ili the heavens to a little human hubbub inthe lathe in the street below guarda guarda uarda cried a number of voices on looking out ont ol 01 th window lie he perceived a globe of fire along tha middle of the street at some distance di from irom the ground r but with aa an upward slant in its course eight per persons sotis were in chase cf of the antior in tor and by ad advancing at a quick step they were eli ell enabled bied bled to keep up with its motion it glided past pastel M battis wi window lidow anxious to know a little hittle more about the ilia strange traveler lie he r rn rin in down git fit ails and joined the tile hue bue and cry on it went for al ai oat guit three minutes more still stil sauntering along at the tile same cool pace but cut at length it came in contact with the tower of a church and vanished with willi a moderate de alin lyn allon ulion here then was an instance in lit which a ri ii 11 u m might easily li live have ve overtaken shall we say a audo ando if necessary have beaten it hollow hoi |
