...the larger drops reach, here and there, places below which the updraft is small — the air can not be rushing up everywhere — and then fall as positively...and the gentler portions negatively charged, which also very frequently is the case. Such in brief is Dr. Simpson's theory of the origin of the electricity...

...electrical separation within the cloud itself. Obviously, under the turmoil of a thunderstorm, its ehoppy surges and pulses, such drops may be forced through...and the gentler portions negatively charged, which also usually is the case. " Such in brief is Dr. Simpson's theory of the origin of the electricity...

...disruptive equalization of their electrical potential breaks down their surface tensions and insures coalescence. Hence, once started, the electricity...drops. Hence the heavy rain of a thunderstorm should lie positively charged, as it almost always is, and the gentler portions negatively charged, which...

...then, the updrafts within a cumulus cloud frequently must break up at about the same level innumerable drops which, through coalescence, have grown beyond...and the gentler portions negatively charged, which also usually is the case. " Such in brief is Dr. Simpson's theory of the origin of the electricity...

...the larger drops reach, here and there, places below which the updraft is small — the air can not be rushing up everywhere — and then fall as positively...and the gentler portions negatively charged, which also very frequently is the case. Such in brief is Dr. Simpson's theory of the origin of the electricity...

...the larger drops reach, here and there, places below which the updraft is small — the air can not be rushing up everywhere — and then fall as positively...and the gentler portions negatively charged, which also very frequently is the case. Such in brief is Dr. Simpson's theory of the origin of the electricity...

...disruptive equalization of their electrical potential breaks down their surface tensions and insures coalescence. Hence, once started, the electricity...and the gentler portions negatively charged, which also very frequently is the case. Such in brief is Doctor Simpson's theory of the origin of the electricity...

...thunderstorm rapidly grows to a considerable maximum. "P. Lenard, Met Zeit.. vol. 21, p. 249, 1904. After a time the larger drops reach, here and there,...and the gentler portions negatively charged, which also very frequently is the case. Such in brief is Doctor Simpson's theory of the origin of the electricity...

...carried up into the higher part of the cumulus where they unite with the particles of cloud matter and thereby facilitate their coalescence into negatively...heavy rain of a thunder-storm should be positively charged—as almost always it is—and the gentler portions negatively charged—which frequently is...

...there reach places below which the updraught is slight; then they fall as positively charged rain. The negative electrons in the meantime are carried up into the higher part of the cumulus where they unite with the particles of cloud matter and thereby facilitate their...