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Show How Raindrops Make the Lightning;. An English scientist declares that the splitting of Raindrops in falling i through the ascending air currents, which are characteristic of thunderstorms, thunder-storms, is the source of die lightning. I The small drops with negative charges i go up with the wind while large ones with positive charges stay below. ! Thus during a thunderstorm, there is usually a region of positive eVclricity between thi positive earth and the negative v.; per portion. When t't : charge lias become su'liciont a series of direct current discharges usually : take place along approximately the j same line and these produce what we 1 ee a3 lightning flash. ' |