The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World

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p. 107. ON HAIL--THE HAIL-STORMS OF FRANCE--THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF HAIL--THE HAIL-STORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA--THEIR SURPRISING EFFECTS--ORIGIN AND NATURE OF HAIL--PERIODICAL FALLS OF HAIL--HAIL CLOUDS--HAILSTONES--THEIR VARIOUS FORMS--EXTRAORDINARY SIZE OF HAILSTONES.