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...This chief God was Varuna, the enveloper of heaven and sea. The conception of this great enveloper was very beautiful. Dr. Everett read a hymn to Varuna which almost reached the lofty idea of monotheism. But the worship of Varuna gave place to that of Indra, the God of thunder showers. Here again the religion rose to the verge of monotheism but did not quite fully reach...
...interesting observation was made by assistants of the observatory during the electrical storm of last week. The assistants, who were at their homes in different parts of Cambridge, all heard the clap of thunder only two or three seconds after they saw the flash. As the difference in the rates at which sound and light travel is only five seconds a mile, it is proved that in such electrical storms the rate of sound is much accelerated...
...physical subjects have immensely advanced. Benjamin Franklin's machine for producing electricity is a hundred times as large as the one we use today, yet ours is a hundred times as powerful. The electric light used to be seen only on the lecturer's table, but now his thunder has been stolen by the practical men of the day, and electricity lights our streets. The German experiments are almost microscopic, though the conclusions drawn from them are enormous...
During July a violent thunder-storm demolished the old pine on the Dartmouth campus, which has been a prominent feature in class day exercises at that college...
...with the remark that they comprise matters of latitude and longitude, elevation above the sea, prevalence of snow, proximity of fuel and water, means of access, statistics or approximate information as to rainfall at different seasons, prevalence of clouds mists, smoke of forest fires, dust, high winds, frequency of thunder-storms, duration of rainy or cloudy season, etc. - Advertiser...