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Show Tho Mystery of Tluimtor. j Thunder, as far as its eo 1 1 si i!e ration by intelligent human beings is eon- j cerned, is among tiie oldest of the ' natural phenomena, and yet it is the' least understood. According to one uuthority on Mich subjeets. M. Hirii, it iseaused by Hie separated eolnmns of air rushing together a tier beinp- separated separ-ated by tlie electro flash, tlie uiuin re-port re-port beiiiff the aetual eontaet of such divided seet ions of 11 1 mosphere. An t'hio scientist has suggested soinothinr entirely didVrent. ile says: "Is it not possible that the 'craeklhitf' of thunder, thun-der, one of tho stock puzzlers for centuries, cen-turies, is really unused by the conversion conver-sion of yases into water by the action of tlie electric flash or blaze'.' The fact that each sharp peal of thunder is followed fol-lowed by a suddenly increased downpour down-pour of rain foes to prove that something some-thing has caused the rapid conversion of guises or vapi.r into water." |