Atmospheric explorations
Subtitle: papers of the Benjamin Franklin memorial symposium of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By: edited by Henry G. Houghton.
Contributors: Houghton, Henry G., ed.
Series: Technology Press books in science and engineering
Publisher: Technology Press of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Published: 1958
Place of publication: [Cambridge]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Atmospheric electricity.; Atmosphere, Upper.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Atmospheric electricity: The electrification of cloud and raindrops, by R. Gunn. The formation of electric charges in thunderstorms, by J.P. Kuettner. The positive streamer spark in air in relation to the lightning stroke, by L.B. Loeb.; title: The upper atmosphere: A meteorologist looks at the upper atmosphere, by H. Wexler. Phenomena of radio scattering in the ionosphere, by H.B. Booker.