BOYS' OWN COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)

BOYS' OWN COLUMN.

LIGHTNING IN A THUNDERSTORM,

HOW THE FLASHES ARE CAUSED.

Sear Boys,—

The KahJ^^l\V*!f£L 0f y ° tt k "° W « * d ° uble Storm « 2 ed in Auckland. com™ brd,,a,ltl y •» *• window., but thc wo„t ,as still to e.m. on the Monday morning the city experienced the h «**»»»* » * Powerful force, and not long ago a house w SjtaßM, wa. pertly destroyed through lightning .triking a wireless i noth 2" more o', I**1 ** *■•* » discharge of electricity. 1 »aSr«!S« ** **• *"" h *«*»* «P Particle, of water, each l e J e '?° Chmrg . e " t0 *• ni * h<r "«*>»•• *» the water Thus£ SSTtS l ° f ° rm * do sM"? p e,ectric 9*™* » ««*««»» *«d B»? * iTi k^ 0 "" v "7 Powerfully charged with positive electricity. tamLekJTlf " **»■»»». eW «* a "*» P™**™ electricity— t!! ,, I ele c tro *T B « ,ltiT *' * nd *• r%dm oi t«U. u. that t^? 6 ** S ° he " *«• cIoud »« «» «»»"«•» poritively and *2wJrrM * ,y J CO ™* Clo ** *•***"««'» their Pe»t up energy .11 the time 'feiuhrtSL■?*•* ! nd """"J eventually find the layer of air inefficient i •Vrn^ 01 ? 1 * *"•"*' an-eeß *■*■»■ P*« between the two, Ito ""J' ?• * W ° •5 ring aCr °" * he " r «■*» "«"«* the air Z t *° *"» * —* ■ «««». *• '** *' ***"*' * CU ™ Bt »S«t„™*? l, y £ " M ?J y I de P icte * M * lon * *k"~S «»*, but thi. i. wrong; ■ZSXASS of hghtning .how it a. being a long ribbon, often wifh many branches like those of a tree, searing its way for several miles across «* .iT** m*• ,ky durin » * thunderstorm can cause no end l!T g,, i. >f«U. precaution, are taken they can be rendered quite It was Benjamin Franklin who gave us the lightning conductor, come to any'harni*** attached to the roof, no house can ♦ u Tt" P*™ o * l *" *«>•* •&■»!• Blectridty, like everything el«e, will take the pat& of least resistance, and as metal is one of the best perfectly earthed," leaving a house which is comparatively a bad ru.Sl?*llJir^" Ce u t^ n *• •"'"»»*»* air, and the electricity rushing to earth through »t, causes havoc. Perhaps when we have our next storm you will watch the Jp£s lightning display with greater ST) t^dJ^f^M^ 00^ interest now that you know a little *~Z*^ more about it. 00 '^