302 C. Ray Woods. — On some Photographs^ S^c. [Aug. 29, 



SYNOPSIS. 



1. Epitomised report of Thunderstorm Committee of Meteorological 

 Society of London on certain sixty lightning photos and their opinion 

 that lightning tends to assume various forms under conditions at 

 present unknown. 



2. That the Meteorological Society have overlooked the modifying 

 influence of cloud in obstructing and absorbing parts of flash, although 

 it explains most simply one matter that puzzled them. 



3. Enquiry whether the modifying influence of cloud cannot 

 also explain the various forms which the Meteorological Society 

 has classified. 



4. The greater probability that lightning assumes only certain 

 forms which can be obtained under simple conditions in the laboratory 

 in contradistinction to the view put forward by the Meteorological 

 Society of London. 



