Of the conclusion arrived at by a committee of the Academy of Sciences of France, agreeably to which, tornados are caused by heat : while, agreeably to Peltier's report to the same body, certain insurers had been obliged to pay for a tornado as an electrical storm, also, abstracts from Peltier's report : moreover, quotations shewing the ignorance which existed in the Academy respecting the nature and causes of the meteor in question, prior to the publication ascribing it to a convective discharge of electricity : with objections to the opinions of Peltier and Espy / by Dr. Hare.
- Hare, Robert, 1781-1858.
- Date:
- 1852
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Of the conclusion arrived at by a committee of the Academy of Sciences of France, agreeably to which, tornados are caused by heat : while, agreeably to Peltier's report to the same body, certain insurers had been obliged to pay for a tornado as an electrical storm, also, abstracts from Peltier's report : moreover, quotations shewing the ignorance which existed in the Academy respecting the nature and causes of the meteor in question, prior to the publication ascribing it to a convective discharge of electricity : with objections to the opinions of Peltier and Espy / by Dr. Hare. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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