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Atmospheric electricity   /ˌætməsfˈɛrɪk ɪlˌɛktrˈɪsəti/   Listen
Atmospheric electricity

noun
1.
Electrical discharges in the atmosphere.





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"Atmospheric electricity" Quotes from Famous Books



... "that your residence in this accursed house has not taught you better. I quite believe all you say, that Zara, unfortunate girl that she was, received her death by a lightning-flash. But answer me this: Who made her capable of attracting atmospheric electricity? Who charged her beautiful delicate body with a vile compound of electrical fluid, so that she was as a living magnet, bound to draw towards herself electricity in all its forms? Who tampered with her fine brain and made her ...
— A Romance of Two Worlds • Marie Corelli
... inside in a state of neutrality. The heat produced by an electric shock is very powerful, but is only accompanied by light when the fluid is obstructed in its passage. The production and condensation of vapor is a great source of the atmospheric electricity. ...
— A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery • Benziger Brothers


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