 And it is conceivable, that by long continued opposite currents of air, the charge accumulated in a cloud may be considerable. Now, when two clouds charged, the one with vitreous, and the other with resinous electricity, happen to approach within a certain...  An Outline of the Sciences of Heat and Electricity - Page 539by Thomas Thomson - 1840 - 585 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 624 pages
...electricity by evapora''cnthickness of the coating of electricity increases on the two sides of the cloud* which are nearest each other. This accumulation of...The noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which partly depends on the reverberations from neighboring objects.... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 626 pages
...sufficiently abundant to account for the vast quantity °f electricity so often accumulated in the clouds. thickness of the coating of electricity increases...'noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which partly depends on the reverberations from neighboring objects.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...sufficiently abundant to account for the vast quantity of electricity so often accumulated in the clouds. thickness of the coating of electricity increases...The noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which partly depends on the reverberations from neighboring objecta.... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 620 pages
...account for the vast quantity of electricity so often accumulated in the clouds. thickness of the coaJng of electricity increases on the two sides of the clouds...The noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which partly depends on the reverberations from neighboring objects.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1842 - 744 pages
...may be considerable. Now, when two clouds, charged, the one with vitreous and the other with resinous electricity, happen to approach within a certain distance,...discharge takes place, which occasions the flash of light nine. The noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 938 pages
...may be considerable. Now, when two clouds, charged, the one with vitreous and the other with resinous electricity, happen to approach within a certain distance,...to overcome the pressure of the atmosphere, and a dis charge takes place, which occasions the Hash of light ning. The noise accompanying the discharge... | |
 | Philip Tocque - 1846 - 418 pages
...may be considerable. Now when two clouds, charged, the one with vitreous and the other with resinous electricity, happen to approach within a certain distance,...the flash of lightning. The noise accompanying the disx 297 charge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which, partly depends on the... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 618 pages
...account for the vast quantity of electiicity so often accumulated in the clouds thickness of the coaang of electricity increases on the two sides of the clouds...The noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which partly depends on the reverberations from neighboring objects.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 724 pages
...may ba considerable. Now, when two clouds charged, the one with vitreous, and the other with resinous electricity, happen to approach within a certain distance,...The noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which partly depends on the reverberations from neighbouring... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...charged, the one with vitreous, and the other with resinous electricity, happen to approach within n certain distance, the thickness of the coating of...The noise accompanying the discharge constitutes the thunder-clap, the long continuance of which partly depends on the reverberations from neighbouring... | |
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