Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 429
heplace where the lightning strikes. (See Fig. 280.) This phenomenon is due to the inductive influence exerted by anelectrified cloud upon bodies beneath it, which are all stronglycharged with electricity contrary to that of the cloud. Now ifa discharge takes place at any point, the cloud returns… … Fig. 28J. The return shock may be illustrated on a small scale, by placinga living frog near an electrical machine in motion. Every time thatthe machine is discharged by placing the finger upon it, the frogexperiences a shock, which is nothing else than the return shockabove described. ( 403.) What…
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