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IN an article1 by Dr. Carl Müller, on the probable causes which induce lightning to strike certain kinds of trees and not others, the writer brings together some very interesting information, which has from time to time been gleaned from experiments and observations. In Germany, where the study of forestry is considerable, and where any experiments for procuring the welfare and preservation of trees are treated with great importance, the investigations on the point now under consideration have a very practical object, for great damage must be yearly done by the storms which occur there during the summer months. The work to which reference is here chiefly made is that of Dimitrie Jonescu,2 and his observations are based on close observation in the field and experiments in the laboratory. The knowledge that we thus obtain contrasts strikingly with that previously attained, which was founded, for the most part, on conjecture and hearsay.
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D. The Destruction of Trees by Lightining. Nature 53, 393–394 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053393a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/053393a0