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I QUITE agree with the Hon. Ralph Abercromby as to the continuous electrical discharges in the doldrums; so is there a continuous discharge of rain. I do not, however, agree with him in thinking that the electrical discharges are in any way directly connected with earth-currents. I should say they are due to electrical discharges on the top of the shower clouds, unaccompanied by thunder. It would be interesting to know if travellers in the centres of Africa and South America have observed this phenomenon there.
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WILSON-BARKER, D. Electrical Discharges in the Doldrums. Nature 35, 584 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035584c0
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