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SOHONLAND and Allibone, in NATURE of Nov. 7, contribute what seems to be conclusive instrumental evidence that lightning discharges proceed from a negatively charged cloudbase. Confirmation (if any were required) may be obtained optically by the observation of very distant flashes, on the assumption that lightning consists primarily of direct electronic movement.
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MACNAIR, J. Branching of Lightning. Nature 128, 969 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128969c0
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