 ... by lightning would seem to be now exploded. Six men were sheltering under a beech tree in the Midlands during last week's severe storm ; two were killed, and the others struck down insensible. At the inquest the coroner said he had specially examined...  Gardeners' Chronicle - Page 1121906Full view - About this book
 | Natural history - 1906 - 366 pages
...sheltering from a storm under a beech tree. The coroner said : " He had always read and understood that there was no record of a beech tree being struck by lightning, ninety-nine of every hundred trees which were struck being oaks. In this case the lightning had not... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1906 - 332 pages
...inquest, the coroner said he had specially examined the tree, as for years he had read and understood that there was no record of a beech tree being struck by lightning. In this case the lightning had not injured the tree to the extent of damaging a leaf, but it was an... | |
 | Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann - Common fallacies - 1907 - 350 pages
...inquest the coroner said he had specially examined the tree, as for years he had read and understood that there was no record of a beech tree being struck by lightning. In this case the lightning had not injured the tree to the extent of damaging a leaf, but it was an... | |
 | Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann - Common fallacies - 1908 - 350 pages
...inquest the coroner said he had specially examined the tree, as for years he had read and understood that there was no record of a beech tree being struck by lightning. In this case the lightning had not injured the tree to the extent of damaging a leaf, but it was an... | |
 | Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann - Common fallacies - 1923 - 1010 pages
...inquest the coroner said he had specially examined the tree, as for years he had read and understood that there was no record of a beech tree being struck by lightning. In this case the lightning had not injured the tree to the extent of damaging a leaf, but it was an... | |
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