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CONTENTS
I. THE VICTIMS OF LIGHTNING
II. ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AND STORM-CLOUDS
III. THE FLASH AND THE SOUND
IV. FIREBALLS
V. THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING ON MANKIND
VI. THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING ON ANIMALS
VII. THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING ON TREES AND PLANTS
VIII. THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING ON METALS, OBJECTS, HOUSES, ETC.
IX. LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS
X. PICTURES MADE BY LIGHTNING
About the Author
"Nicolas Camille Flammarion (1842 � 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France."--Wikipedia
