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wind towards the ship, whim ic nad no 
Vf* "iiij ’ ^ thunder burst from it, and 
fire to the main-top-sail : this being \'ery 
With great fury j and thus the rigging and mast 
®' An attempt was immediately made to cut 
t but this w'as prevented by the falling of the 
‘5Sin» 
"nil 
lV«'"ic, 
""rn the head of the mast. By degrees the 
other masts, and obliged the crew 
y.\i|, the hull of which afterwards took fire, 
Vf 11 to the powder magazine, the upper part 
fire air, and the lower part sunk at the place 
^tt^''*siii at anchor. 
Of®*"® Atlantic, in the month of November, I74f), 
.ttytig J*" English ship observed a large ball of blue 
*fic water. It came down on them so fast, 
to could raise the main tack, they observed 
In 'he "'rnost perpendicularly, and within a few 
' J?"’" chains ; it went off with an explosion as 
, 1. '"d it- "®"uon had been fired off simultaneously, and 
*1 "uatt* ®tuell of brimstone. The main-top- 
VJl'e tijo- ® thousand pieces, and spikes driven 
Wp,.. "'Blast which stuck in the main-deck. Five 
‘fa ^hatteil 
"la: 
/'Hi , wuitin aiuujk. ju ujc iiiaiii-auLK. rivc 
^ tljQ knocked down, and one of them greatly 
JV’Vge explosion. The fire ball w'as of the apparent 
came from the north-east 
On 1*** indefatigable Professor Richman 
Soi-^ , August, 1753, as he was observing, 
I engrayer to the Royal Academy of 
fiiUnH effects of electricity on his gnomon, 
1^1 ’■ 
*'"fier-storm. 
It was ascertained that the light- 
® particularly directed into the professor's 
’■Nt 
\%lt by , 
"w d' . efi fi‘* electrical apparatus , for 
L*t(C''«d jj'®fi"ctly saw a globe of blue fire, as large as 
\( 'he f jump from the rod of the right gnomon. 
Professor ^Richman, who at that 
distant from the rod, observing the 
the 
N' globe of fire which struck 
ij'lv clip ""ended with a report as loud as that of a 
li* wire was broken in pieces, and 
'kg nf°*^** fickolow's clothes, on which 
***l dimensions were left. Half of the 
■I \Y 1 “ uuucusious were leii. iimi 
® broken off, and the metallic filings it 
con- 
