Twelfth-Century Chronicle Contains Description of Ball Lightning

Durham University professors Brian Tanner and Giles Gasper have discovered a reputable description of ball lightning in a monastic chronicle compiled and composed by Gervase of Canterbury (Gervasus Cantuariensis or Gervasius Dorobornensis) round 1200 CE. The account predates the earlier earliest identified description of ball lightning recorded in England by practically 450 years. Gervase of […]