...be attributed to any mainjiroke of explofion, either direct or tranfmitted, as no lightning palled from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds ; nor to any la'.eral Jlroke, for where there is no main ftroke, no lateral one can exift. His Lordfliip...

...be attributed to any mainjlroke of explofion, either direct or transmitted, as no lightning pa fled from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds ; nor to any lateral Jlrake, for where there is no main ftroke, no lateral one can exift. His Lordfhip...

...tbemfelvet at three or four feet dijlance from the -uialls ; for the matter of lightning, in paffing from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds, runs through the walls of a houfe, the trunk of a tree, or other elevated object; except there be fome...

...keep themfelties at three or four Jed dijtance from the walls ; for the matter of lightning in paffing from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds, runs through the walls of a houfe, the trunk of a tree, or other elevated obje<£t ; except there be...

...themselves at three or four feet distance from the •walls. For the matter of lightning, in passing from the clouds to the earth, or from the' earth to the clouds, runs through the walls of a house, the trunk of a tree, or other elevated objects ; except there be...

...and of the horses, was not occasioned by any direct main stroke of explosion from a tUunder-cloud, either positively or negatively electrified, Lord...the clouds, at the place where they were killed. It if equally evident, and for the very same reason, that they were not deprived of life by any transmitted...

...was not occasioned L., any direct main stroke of explosion from a thunder.cloud, either positivi-ly or negatively electrified, Lord S. thinks is evident;...the clouds, at the place where they were killed. It ii equally evident, and for the very same reason, that they were not deprived of life by any transmitted...

...keep themselves at three or four feet distance from the walls. For the matter of lightning, in passing from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds, runs through the walls of a house, the trunk of a tree, or other elevated objects ; except there be...

...electric fluid would fuse twenty of the largest rods ever put up. The electrical fluid which passes from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds, would be dissipated by a thousand different causes, and seldom, if ever, be concentrated, or drawn...

...subtle fluid of electricity passing from one cloud to another in the higher regions of the air, or from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds, gives rise to the phenomena. The air rushing into the vacuum that has been occasioned by the rapid...