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THE writer would suggest as an alternative explanation of the peculiar thunderclap described by Mr. Don (NATURE, August 17) at different places within the circumscribed area he mentions that probably the lightning discharges were not from cloud to earth, but in the reverse direction, from a large area of ground heavily charged relieving itself at several points simultaneously.
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F., H. A Peculiar Thunderclap. Nature 97, 520 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097520e0
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