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I, scene, there appeared, at a con. 
, I® distance, to the right and left, the arches of a 
> ?’'d b ® ’®'ng bow. These arches were in the form of, 
I, jtiingj than a rainbow ; but were not completely 
<i5ss ^ semicircle above, on account of the shallow* 
the cloud.” 
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. 
tliiinJer of his power who can understand ? 
t Joe. 
^'"id thunder, lirid flames, and Stypian night, 
. "’hpoundcd horrons, all the deep alfiight. 
Beacksioue. 
justly of the nature of thunder and lightning, 
ikj'l'itie to view the effects of a common electrical 
1 tni apparatus, in an apartment. These experi- 
lij the great, tTOnderful, and terrific phenomena 
tei)’. stream, or spark, from the machine to the 
C'^Uh • the shaft of lightning fi'om the clouds to 
the snapping noise of the diminutive spark 
ll'ihin"''' 'vith the explosion produced by the shaft 'of 
(fH hj dell We call tljunder. In what manner the 
w’^tric’?^.® electrified, and, in sliort, what is the nature 
'fy y Itself, our present range of experiments so little 
a hU? determine, that a century will perhaps elapse 
‘^,ytily ^ dosophical precision can be attained. At present 
for certain that the electrical power displays 
°u the surfaces of bodies; and whether it is a 
tij ® '’acuum restoring itself, or whatever its nature 
y! detp,*^ of experimental knowledge does not enable 
pv V'ne. 
^?iSgh'’‘°“' 
1 
j analogy between lightning and electricity 
dor suspected, and was placed beyond a doubt 
'V '*y ’■“ oouceive theprac- 
‘V ^ of wiiu Wiia uic mat u 
Jjil'if fuutid lightning ^ 
from the clouds 
. I attr*'^’ previous experiments, that the elcctiic 
lik.^'i’ud by points, he apprehended that lightning 
Vf)f ■ ■ 
'III.''* tl' . r 'hu same quality; although the 
Sv a-*^ l^iier would in that c,ase surpass those of the 
S t>l)sl ^'^^uuishing degree. Flashes of lightning, he 
generally seen crooked and waving in 
Sum oleciric spark drawn from an irregular 
