"The whole of organic nature if found to be in dependence upon 

 meteorological phenomena. The influence of climate if very power- 

 ver the exiftence and development of vegetable* and animate ," 



M. CK, 



"The air alfo changcf the electricitlef while it roamf over the 

 earth, Tbif wandering motion if a contact of different polarized 

 tract* of the earth* Every mountain, valley, and river, every mea- 

 dow if differently polarized; from each the air derive* another elec- 

 ffa >i,if ceaatleff alternation of polar exchange, itf 

 'roraef fo elevated, that at lart the electricity makef itf 

 appearance in a manner cognizable by the feofef* The production 



ty by frictum admitf of a imiUr explanation 

 i, in miniature, what the fweep of air if over the earth. Were the 

 level, and composed of homogeneouf matter, the air 

 t*eome electrical by motion/' 



