Lightning Flash

Blitz, m. lightning flash, -ableiter, m. lightning conductor. 

At 20°C boron produces a highly violent lightning flash in contact with nitrogen tetroxide. 

Could lightning flashes occurring during volcanic eruptions have been effective energy sources for prebiotic syntheses An answer to this question would require not only reliable information on the exact chemical composition of the exhalation... 

When you have accomplished this, move your consciousness up and down the Lightning Flash until you become flexible. This is a good foundation exercise for mental agility. 

It is derived from Latin fulmen, which means lightning flash or thunderbolt Refs 1) Davis (1943), p 400 2) Hackh s... 

The Problem A popular method for determining how far away a bolt of lightning has struck is to count the number of seconds between the lightning flash and the sound of the thunder. If sound travels at about 1,100 feet per second, and if it s 6 seconds between the flash of lightning and the roar of the thunder, then how far away was the lightning strike in miles And what is the speed of the sound in miles per hour ... 

OFFICIAL NAMES LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), LSD25 STREET NAMES Acid, zen, sugar, tabs, blotter, cid, doses, trips, boomers, lightning flash, hawk, cheer, liquid acid, L, microdot, dot, paper mushrooms, tab, hits, tripper, yellow sunshines, rainbows, smilies, stars, strawberries DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS Schedule I, hallucinogen... 

Oxides of nitrogen and free nitric acid occur in traces in the air, the former owing their existence 2 to the combination of oxygen and nitrogen under the influence of lightning flashes, and possibly also to a much smaller degree to the oxidation of ammonia. These oxides unite with water, yielding nitne acid. 

And so it came about that a mere boy filled the chair of two illustrious predecessors, and under his leadership the Cavendish Laboratory became the dominant center of scientific research in the world. In the lightning flash which splits the heavens Thomson saw a force in which lay the key to the mystery of the material world. He chose as his field of research the realm of electricity. A year before he entered Cambridge, Thomson had heard of a peculiar glass tube or globe constructed by his countryman, William Crookes. By means of a vacuum pump, Crookes drew almost all of the air out of this tube so that only an infinitesimal fraction of the original molecules of air remained in his sealed glass container. With... 

It has been found that the electrostatic field takes about 7 seconds to recover to its predischarge value after the occurrence of a lightning flash at a distance beyond 5 km, but when the flash is very near, the recovery time may be different due to the presence of space charge. In both cases, regeneration of the field takes place exponentially. 

I have learned something of the lore of lightning. Enormous winds swirl within thunderclouds to generate sparks of electricity. Bolts of up to a million volts shoot out at the speed of light, up to twenty-six of them at a time fusing into what we perceive as a single lightning flash. 

The lightning flashes produced in electrical storms and the light produced by neon gas in neon signs are two familiar examples of visible light produced by electronic... 

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