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INFLUENCE or RAmR1An aN TIM
WrHHER.-Thn well known nature phil.
osuphef, DR.. August, makes the following
communication IN Berlin journal. on the
"RaIIfaads on the Weather" When an
extended portion of the eadL's surface Is
brought by mt Of railroad track into con
ncrlinn NJ electrical conductors, the aceu.
mLau1n ol hc atmosphere 10 prevented,
"a. the iron tmcks effect consian, electrical
equilibrium between remote regions. By
ibis means, a violent storm Is rendered
unlikely aud 4 one should arise, It will


undergo continual Il not a considerable
dImIuuiion. Doubtful as the theory of
storms mly be-, this much is certain, that
!Ieir origin Is In the effect Of nature 10 pro.
durn an equilibrium Of opposite eleciric.
ties, and that they break out with ;he more
violence the greater the intensity of the
opposition, which is produced beforehand
boy chemical processes that accompany
evaporation. II one OF these opposites.
The electricity ol the lower atmosphere.
for instance, is conducted away to other
regions, lhs variation oi the two Is made less
aud the violence with which the equilibrium
Is ises'abished Is diminished. By being thus
conducted away, tho influence is lesscncd
which the electricity Of the lower almos.
phere has on The clouds, and by which il
attracts It's opposite. thus accommodating
storm aud clouds on the electrical point.
For ibis reason. in a level country where
there are nets o' Railroads, a storm canno,
acquire Jba, force olopposilc electricity and
produce that beaping up Of clouds which is
possible where these conductors are want.
ing. For some years past lh; writer be.
IIcves thnt he has observed n change In
storms Of this place, and asks the attention
OF s'slon's ofna'uaI philosophy to the proof
Of bis hypothesis. Il isl fact that since
Berlin has become the fcls Of several
railroads. there have been no violent
storms, ani all that have risen have had a
upiI and gentle termination.


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