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ON Thursday, June 12, at half-past eleven in the morning, a remarkable shower of rain fell over London, which might almost be described as “effervescing;” the drops whilst falling appeared to be colourless and perfectly transparent, but oh striking against any solid surface they became milky, and on close examination it was evident that this cloudy appearance was caused by a number of very minute air-bubbles, which-rapidly increased in size, and then burst. From the bleaching power which this rain-appeared to have, I am led to believe that there was nascent oxygen in the gas thus evolved. Those who traverse the streets of London in the early morning may now and then observe the red colour of all bright iron-work in the pavement, such as coal-plates, &c., due to the oxidising influence of a thunder-shower in the night; this effect does not follow every thunder-shower, but seems to indicate a peculiar atmospheric condition. Have any memoranda on this subject been recorded?
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SOLLY, E. Oxygenated Rain. Nature 20, 169 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020169e0
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