# Lightning, Thunder and Lightning Conductors

Author: Molloy, Gerald, 1834-1906

Genre: Category: Science - Physics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68994

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lightning%2C+Thunder+and+Lightning+Conductors+Molloy&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Identity of Lightning and Electricity--Franklin’s Experiment--Fatal Experiment of Richman--Immediate Cause of Lightning--Illustration from Electric Spark--What a Flash of Lightning Is--Duration of a Flash of Lightning--Experiments of Professor Rood--Wheatstone’s Experiments--Experiment with Rotating Disc--Brightness of a Flash of Lightning--Various Forms of Lightning--Forked Lightning, Sheet Lightning, Globe Lightning--St. Elmo’s Fire--Experimental Illustration--Origin of Lightning--Length of a Flash of Lightning--Physical Cause of Thunder--Rolling of Thunder--Succession of Peals--Variation of Intensity--Distance of a Flash of Lightning

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lightning-thunder-and-lightning-conductors-68994/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lightning-thunder-and-lightning-conductors-68994/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lightning-thunder-and-lightning-conductors-68994/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lightning-thunder-and-lightning-conductors-68994/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lightning-thunder-and-lightning-conductors-68994/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lightning-thunder-and-lightning-conductors-68994/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lightning-thunder-and-lightning-conductors-68994/chapters/7/index.md)