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WHILST speaking of the electric discharge to the Rev. Canon Thomas, of Meifod, a few days ago, he told me that he was some years ago overtaken by a most violent storm of thunder and lightning whilst crossing on horseback a Merionethshire mountain. During this storm Mr. Thomas saw (what appeared to him to be) three balls of fire successively hurled to the ground near him from the clouds.
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SMITH, W. Fireballs. Nature 30, 408 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030408e0
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