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On deaths by lightning
Oxidation of Vegetable Oil. ttyraenopteru~ Diptera,
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f ~Bornbus terrestris, 1 ~Apis mcllifica, . :Eristalis tenax, Syrphus coroll'e, Calliphora vomitoria~ Musca domestica.
187 0.63 0.78 1"48 1-84= 0.93 1.77
As these insects are all :European, we are obliged to keep their scientific names, noting only that apis mellifica is evidently the honey bee, that libellula is a dragon-fly, probably not the same as ours, and that musca domestiea is the :European house-fly, whether the same as others we do not know, but hope that it is not a greater nuisance.
On Deaths by L(qhtnin 9. Extract of a note by M. Bondin, Academy of Sciences of Paris, 2%vember 27~ 1865.
In the course of the year 1864 the number of persons in France who died from the immediate effect of lightning was 87, of whom 61 were males, 26 females. In 1863 the number was 103. In the period from 1835 to 1864 it was .2311 for the 86 old departments of France, and adding 120 (or 4 per year for each of the 3 new departments), we get for the present France, for a period of 30 years, a total of 2431 deaths by lightning. We believe that we have shown, by a great number of facts, that the number of persons wounded by lightning is at least four times that of those killed immediately, the only category reported by the government. Hence, it results that from 1835 to 1864 the total number of killed and wounded was 12,000, or a mean of 400 victims per year. During this period the proportional number of persons killed varied exceedingly from one department to another. The ratio in Lozere was 31 times greater than that in JLa Manche. In the table which we present showing the distribution of the 87 deaths by lightning in 1864, the most striking result is the very unequal distribution between the t~vo sexes, only 26 females for 61 males. From 1854 to 1864, inclusive, there were recorded 967 persons killed, of which 698 were males and 269 females, from which it would seem that only the small proportion of 28 per cent. of those killed by lightning are females. Ia England, the proportion is only 22 per cent. This comparative immunity cannot be attributed to greater exposure of men out of doors; for it exists even among children less than 15 years old, among whom the ratio of female deaths is only 16'6 per cent., and we may add that, in a great number of cases in which the lightning fell among groups of persons of both sexes, there was a decided immunity shown for the female sex.
JExperiments and Observations on the Oxidation of Vegetable Oils. By M. S. CLo~z. In a third memoir upon this subject, read to the Academy of Sciences of Paris, M. Cloe~, announces the following results of his experiments and observations :
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f ~Bornbus terrestris, 1 ~Apis mcllifica, . :Eristalis tenax, Syrphus coroll'e, Calliphora vomitoria~ Musca domestica.
187 0.63 0.78 1"48 1-84= 0.93 1.77
As these insects are all :European, we are obliged to keep their scientific names, noting only that apis mellifica is evidently the honey bee, that libellula is a dragon-fly, probably not the same as ours, and that musca domestiea is the :European house-fly, whether the same as others we do not know, but hope that it is not a greater nuisance.
On Deaths by L(qhtnin 9. Extract of a note by M. Bondin, Academy of Sciences of Paris, 2%vember 27~ 1865.
In the course of the year 1864 the number of persons in France who died from the immediate effect of lightning was 87, of whom 61 were males, 26 females. In 1863 the number was 103. In the period from 1835 to 1864 it was .2311 for the 86 old departments of France, and adding 120 (or 4 per year for each of the 3 new departments), we get for the present France, for a period of 30 years, a total of 2431 deaths by lightning. We believe that we have shown, by a great number of facts, that the number of persons wounded by lightning is at least four times that of those killed immediately, the only category reported by the government. Hence, it results that from 1835 to 1864 the total number of killed and wounded was 12,000, or a mean of 400 victims per year. During this period the proportional number of persons killed varied exceedingly from one department to another. The ratio in Lozere was 31 times greater than that in JLa Manche. In the table which we present showing the distribution of the 87 deaths by lightning in 1864, the most striking result is the very unequal distribution between the t~vo sexes, only 26 females for 61 males. From 1854 to 1864, inclusive, there were recorded 967 persons killed, of which 698 were males and 269 females, from which it would seem that only the small proportion of 28 per cent. of those killed by lightning are females. Ia England, the proportion is only 22 per cent. This comparative immunity cannot be attributed to greater exposure of men out of doors; for it exists even among children less than 15 years old, among whom the ratio of female deaths is only 16'6 per cent., and we may add that, in a great number of cases in which the lightning fell among groups of persons of both sexes, there was a decided immunity shown for the female sex.
JExperiments and Observations on the Oxidation of Vegetable Oils. By M. S. CLo~z. In a third memoir upon this subject, read to the Academy of Sciences of Paris, M. Cloe~, announces the following results of his experiments and observations :