The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-09-18

eur about twenty-f0ur hours apart
that being apparently the time heces-
Sary fer them to accumulate suiilelept
moisture to break. SO. If storm series
begins in the afternoon. the remainder
of the series viii likely take place IN
The afternoon while il II begins NJ
night the storms are likely Ia continue
10 be at night
II is considerably easier TO fofetell
accurately tie arrival of thunder.
storm than To explain IL after Il has
come Wiser than any man now known
would be he who could follow md'r ~
standingly the magical mctamornhasis
Of the charming summer landscape
with lis lake like glass and air as mo
iionless MS marble from the time The
nrst misty sultfiness arises rs Inc
threatening hreezes begin to stir: rs the
sky darkens frownlngly the winds
break holsterously from their letters,
the cloud streams pour out in cataracts,
aud the fires Of heaven illuminate the
tempestuous night with their terrible
play. And finally. as the elements
again calm themselves the sun breaks
out and revivfied nature becomes
doubly lovely.
First Sign of storm.
The first clew 10 The mystery Of
storm comes from water. If glass OF
water Is stood on a window sill on Il
hot day It gradually eyaporates. The
hot, dry air sucks It up. Similarly the
hot, dry air above n large body of wa
ter sucks up It's water. transforming it
into fine Yapor, which imparts a mis-
tiness to the atmosphere. The distant
atmosphere now gradually screens IT
self in veil Of Yapor which becomes
thicker and thicker. This leads to the
next phenomenon In 4 thunder storm.
Every one knows that when steam
comes in contact With cold objects It
condenses. finally forming tiny drops
and resuming its original form OF wa
ter. In the same way on warm sum
mer afternoon the upper layers of the
atmosphere are cooler than those Inn
mediately above the earth. Hence the
higher vapors rising rs they come IN
contact with the cool air condense
thickening into the form of clouds,
which are nothing else than condensed
steam. The particles Of water forming
the clouds are so minute and Hight that
they float In the air. Tie movements Of
the yapor as 1t rises and the action of
the cooler upper stras OF air upon it
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This at first is just strong enough to
ripple the surface of the water and stir
the foliage Of the trees. In the mean-
time. another element Is at work. Ev-
cry one presupposes an accumulation
Of electricity at Il thunder storm. Elec-
tricity is present in the atmosphere all
the time. but, as has been observed, 1t
is always more powerful when any
strong perpendicular currents Of air are
In action. such as cyclones. tornadoes,
volcanic eruptions. waterspouts, thun-
der storms. Electrical manifestations
are always accompanied by the down
pour of water This means that the
condensation of Tapor Is closely con
necfed with electricity. Why Is 1t not
an Instance of electricity generated by
frictionf Rub two pieces of paper Wig
orously against each other and cleo
triclty Is generated Open the safety
valve Of a steam engine giving out va
por and electricity is produced by the
friction OF the steam and valve. In a
thunder storm electricity may thus be
generated by the friction of individual
particles of water which have been
driven about by the wind.
The two kinds Of electricity, positive