The Autobiography of an Electron / Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion

by Charles R. Gibson

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF AN ELECTRON

Photo The Fleet Agency

A Well-known Phenomenon Produced by Electrons

A sudden discharge of electrons from cloud to cloud, or from cloud to the earth, constitutes what we call "lightning."

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF AN ELECTRON.

WHEREIN THE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS OF THE PRESENT
TIME ARE EXPLAINED IN AN INTERESTING
AND NOVEL FASHION