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Thunderstorms and Sunspots

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ABOUT six years ago Prof, von Bezold laid before the Bavarian Academy a memoir relating to lightning-flashes that had done damage to houses in Bavaria. In that kingdom the fire-insurance of buildings is entirely in the hands of the State, and a long series of statistical data on the subject was available.

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M., A. Thunderstorms and Sunspots. Nature 46, 488–489 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046488c0

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