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Show rieelrlral rtTert of Thaader Storms. K. Larroque, In Comtes Kendus, states that, being attracted by th peculiar pe-culiar effect thunder storms at a distance dis-tance of many miles often hav upon persons stTtlrted with certain nervous disease long before any Instrument now In us Indicates any atmospheric disturbance, II occurred to blm that Horulan waves emitted by thunder storms might possibly be transmitted over enormous distances through ths middle and higher atmoephor by some moans analogous to relays. In order to teat his Ides he constructed a receiver re-ceiver made of a horlxontal plat of tine 40 cm. In diameter, earthed by a thin copper wire containing a spark gap located In a dark cellar. With Ibis device, In June, 11)01. he mad several sev-eral series of nocturnal observations. , In one of them the manifestations Co-, Inclded with the billiard In tbo Gram-plane, Gram-plane, and In another with the thunder thun-der Sturm which on the night of Juno 18 was visible over Corsica, 'th sky being serene In both cases where th observations were made. M. Xarroqu ' points out the Importance of this character char-acter of meteorological observation, j but ventures no explanation. of th cause of th Jtranamisalon of Hertxlan waves over such enormous distances. Philadelphia Tlniea.. , ., |