Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-13
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The Etruscans Of old believed In
three kinds Of lightning incapable
81 doing any injury. another more mis-
,hievous In its character. and conse-
luently only TO he issued with the con-
sent of quorum Of twelve gods. aud
third carrying mischief in it's train.
and FOR which a regular decree was re-
luircd from the highest divinity in
the EstruScan skies Curiously enough,
modern scientists, following the lead
taken by Arago. have also decrccd that
the varieties Of lightning are threcfold.
The FIRST comprehends that in which
the discharge appears like a long lum-
nous line. bent into angles and zig
tags and varying in complexion from
white 20 blue. purple or red
This kind Is known as forlSed
lightning. because Il sometimes di-
vides into two or mosc branches
before reaching the earth. The
second differs from the first In
the range OF surface over which the
flash is difused. From this circum.
stance the discharge is designated sheet
lightning. The third class differ so
widely from the more ordinary mani.
fcstations that many mctccrologists
have denied their right TO bc treated rs
Legitimate lghtnings. They neither
assume the form OF long lines ON the
one hand nor sheets OF flame on the
other, but exhibit themselves as balls
or globular humps of FIRE
A singular story is told concerning
the vaEaries OF one mass OF globe light
ming tailor In the Rue St Jacques
in the neirhb9rhood Of the Val de
Grace. was getting his dinner one day
during thunder storm. when he heard
a loud clap. and soon the chimney
board fell down and p globe Of fire as
big as a child's head came out quietly
and moved slowly about the room az a
small height above the floor The
spectator, in conversation afterward
with NJ. Rabinet OF the Academic DIES
Sciences. said IL looked like a good
sized kitten rolled up into ball and
moving without showing its paws II
was bright and shining. yet he felt nc
sensation OF heat The globe came
near his feet, but 10y moving them aside
he avoided the contact After trying
several excursions ia different dircc.
tions Il rose vertically 90 the height of
his head-which he drew back 10 pre-
vent IL touching him-stcercd toward u
hole in the chimney above the mantcl.
piece. and made its way into the fiue.
shortly afterward when / supposed
IL had had time 20 reach the top" the
tailor said was terrible cxplo.
sion, which destroyed the upper part OF
The chimney and threw the fragments
On 20 the roofs OF some adjoining build
ings, which they broke through In
the forest Of Nemours n tree was once
struck Two pieces were rent from IL
trunk The smaller was tossed 20 a
distance Of fifty feet, and the larger
which eighteen men could not move. 70
a distance Of twenty feet or 80 In an Op-
posite tack In 1888 the topgallant
mast Of II. NJ s. Rodney was hi, by a
fash and literally cut up into chips,
the sca being strcwn with the frag.
mcnts az II tho carpenters had been
sweeping their shavings overheard.
shortly before the topmasts 81 n. NJ.
;. Hyacinthc had suffered In q similar
manner, and when the Thetis under.
went a lilse visitation IN Rio liurbor
Capt Fitzroy described the foretop.
mast, as "a mere collection Of long
splinters, almost like reeds"
These are few OF the examples oi
the mechanical effects Of lightning. i,
works chemically as well II has the
power Of developing "A peculiar odor
which has been yariously compared "a
that Of PHOSPHORUS nitrous gas and
most frequently burning sulphur Wafcn
mentions storm on the Isthmus o.
Daricn which diifused such a sulphur
Gus stencil through the atmosphere
that hc and his marauding companions
could scarcely breathe. particularly
when they plunged Into the wood.
The magnetic effects produced are
often very curious. a chest con
tanning "a large assortment Of knives,
forks. aud other cutlery was, not
many years ago. struck ira the house
Of Wakefield tradesman. and magnet
ism impaired 20 the whole 81 the arti
Giles Arago. in his Meteorological
Essays" speaks Of "a shoemaker iu
Swndia whose tools were thus treated,
90 his indcscribable annoyance. "EIe
had 90 be- constantly freeing his ham.
mer pincers, and knife from his nails.
needles. and avis. which were con.
stantly getting caught ~ them as they
lay together on The bench" The same
authority knew Of a Cenoeso ship that
was wrecked near .Algiers 10 conse-
quencc 81 some FRANKS played by light
ming among the compasscs. the captain
innoccntly supposing that he was sail
ing toward the north. when. o. "a mat
ter 81 fact be was steering due south.
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