A storm characterized by the presence of lightning, usually accompanied by strong winds and often produce heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, or hail, but some produce little precipitation or no precipitation at all
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Natural disasters: lightning, earthquake, and a tornado destroying buildings. Engraving.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 47026i
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La nature dans la formation du tonnerre, et la reproduction des êtres vivans, pour servir d'introduction aux vrais principes de l'argiculture / Par M. l'Abbé Poncelet.
Polycarpe PonceletDate: 1766
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A ship caught in a storm; three people in a lifeboat in the foreground. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1820.
Date: 1820Reference: 573792i
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The plague of hail and thunder. Coloured etching.
Date: [1775/1779]Reference: 6059i
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God's protection in various forms of distress: the angel of the Lord guides Moses and Aaaron who lead the people on a journey; good weather after a thunderstorm; a man prays for a doctor to be called to a sick bed. Etching.
Reference: 29529i