Lightning Rod Conference Report of the Delegates from the Following Societies, Viz.: Meteorological Society, Royal Institute of British Architects, Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians, Physical Society. With a Code of Rules for the Erection of Lightning Conductors; and Various Appendices

Chapter V. contains the author’s explanation of fire-balls, which he

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supposes to be a “glowing discharge,” preparatory to the final spark or flash of lightning. “Probably most of the shooting stars are merely electrical fire-balls high up in the atmosphere”(!)