An account of a very extraordinary effect of lightning on a bullock : at Swanborow, in the parish of Iford near Lewes, in the county of Sussex / in sundry letters from Mr. James Lambert ... and one from William Green ... to William Henly. Read at the Royal Society, May 1, 1776.
- James Lambert
- Date:
- 1776
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of a very extraordinary effect of lightning on a bullock : at Swanborow, in the parish of Iford near Lewes, in the county of Sussex / in sundry letters from Mr. James Lambert ... and one from William Green ... to William Henly. Read at the Royal Society, May 1, 1776. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 4° ] Jan. 29, Nine o’clock, A. M. a very thick fog, and fharp froft. The air is fo ftrongly elec¬ trified pojitively, that the balls feparate full an inch and a quarter. There is little or no wind, and they remain ftationary ; fo that the experi¬ ment may be made without the leaft danger of a mi (take. Twelve o’clock;, the balls diverge as wide as at nine. Three o’clock, P. M. the balls are exceedingly difturbed by the wind; but, blow as it will, they ftill keep at a great diftance from each other. It freezes very hard. A quarter paft four : the fame as at three o’clock. Half pafi: five. The balls are ftationary, at three quarters of an inch diftance, from each other. The fog increafes; and the rods are perfectly wet, from end to end. It is now too dark for further accu¬ rate obfervation. Jan. 30. Nine o’clock, A* M. I find the air ftrongly electrified pojitively, in a flight froft, and thick fog. The balls feparate full half an inch : they are difturbed by the wind ; but it does not elofe them ; and the experiment is tried eafily. There hath been a fmall (bower of fnow, which lies thinly fpread upon the houfes 1 and I have often fufpedted (as I do now), that this forms points? and conducts the electricity fafter. The electricity continued the whole day. Feb. 4. Nine o’clock, A. M. A (harp froft, and thick fog. The air is ftrongly eiedtrified pojitively: the balls diverge full three quarters of an inch. Eleven o’clock, A. M, The bails are ftationary.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30791005_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
