FACTS ABOUT LIGHTNING.
Lightning was formerly one of the greatest enigmas among natural phenomena. To day we know that the average electromotive force of a * bolt ’ of lightning is about 3,500,000 volts ; that the current is 14,000,000 amperes, and that the time of discharge is about one twenty thousandth of a second ! In snch a ‘ bolt ’ there is energy equal to 2,450,000 volts, or 284.482 horse-power.
Mrs. NUWED : Henry, that new cook of ours is some relation to the one we just discharged. Mr. Nuwed : Great Caesar ! How do you know ? Mrs. Nuwed : Well, the policeman on this beat is her cousin too.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue XXII, 28 November 1896, Page 123
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103FACTS ABOUT LIGHTNING. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue XXII, 28 November 1896, Page 123
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