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Bezig met laden... The nature of ball lightning (editie 1978)door Stanley Singer
Informatie over het werkThe Nature of Ball Lightning door Stanley Singer
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In 1837 a comprehensive discussion of lightning appeared in the Annual of the French Bureau des Longitudes with a section on ball lightning which provided for the first time a readily available source in the scientific literature of the basic properties of this curious natural phenomenon. The author, Francois Arago, was the dominant influence in the French Academy of Sciences in the nineteenth century, having become a member of that august body at the age of twenty-three. His attention alone doubtless served at that time to establish the validity of scientific interest in the problem. In addition his discussion covered some of the major questions associated with ball lightning in a nota bly clear-sighted, effective style. Later reconsideration of the same questions often provided no significant improvement over Arago's discussion. There followed a dauntless band of varying but always small number who attempted to account for an apparently simple natural occurrence, a ball of fire usually seen in thunderstorms, with the best knowledge that advancing science could provide. All attempts to deal with this phenomenon were in variably frustrated. The characteristics of ball lightning could be readily cataloged, but they firmly resisted both experimental reproduction and theo retical explanation. One may say that to this day there is no explanation accepted by a large number of scientists. Several investigators of great ability and considerable accomplishment in different fields of science, including Faraday, Kelvin, and Arrhenius, took note of the problem. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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1. Ball lightning occurs both in clear skies and in pouring rain.
2. The color of ball lightning is red or blue or sometimes a combination.
3. Occasionally ball lightning is motionless; sometimes it moves very fast. Often the path is directly against the prevailing wind, or at times a faint breeze can change its direction.
4. Although the point where it originates is not usually well established, ball lightning usually travels close to the earth. It may disappear silently or explode with a bang, emitting many bright flashes.
5. Ball lightning travels on wires or along edges; or the path may be independent of such supports, the ball floating free in air or even in closed rooms.
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