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IN NATURE of December 12, 1912 (p. 411), Dr. George C. Simpson directs attention to several outstanding problems in atmospheric electricity. He says, inter alia: “Everywhere it has been found that the air is a conductor, and that the potential gradient is practically the same.” It is not the object here to consider these statements, however questionable.
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M'LENNAN, E. Atmospheric Potential. Nature 90, 647–648 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090647c0
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