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Elmo's Fire, St.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A popular name for the display of electric fire which sometimes plays about the masts of ships, steeples, &c., accompanied at times with a hissing noise; commoner in southern climates, known by other names, e. g . Fire of St. Clara, of St. Elias.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Elmo's Fire, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/elmos-fire-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.