Another effect which he states reduces the usual maximum signaling distance is the presence of material particles held in suspension by the water spherules in moist atmosphere.
"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy"
John Ambrose Fleming
As it seemed good to her mine eyes I turned, And saw a hundred spherules that together With mutual rays each other more embellished.
"Divine-Comedy-Longfellow-s-Translation-Complete"
Dante Alighieri
Some marine sandstones, such as the St. Peter sandstone of the upper Mississippi valley, are composed so entirely of polished spherules of quartz that it has been believed by some that their grains were long blown about in ancient deserts before they were deposited in the sea.
"The Elements of Geology"
William Harmon Norton