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That useful material was discovered by accident : some Phænician carriers of
soda , a few years before Christ , bappening to light their fire between some of
their lumps of this wineral , it melted , and mixing with the sand , produced glass .
That useful material was discovered by accident : some Phænician carriers of
soda , a few years before Christ , bappening to light their fire between some of
their lumps of this wineral , it melted , and mixing with the sand , produced glass .
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If a piece of glass , or sealing - wax , be rubbed on a piece of dry woollen cloth ,
or silk , and instantly held over any light substances , they will be attracted
towards it , raised on an end , and otherwise put in motion . The power thus
excited is ...
If a piece of glass , or sealing - wax , be rubbed on a piece of dry woollen cloth ,
or silk , and instantly held over any light substances , they will be attracted
towards it , raised on an end , and otherwise put in motion . The power thus
excited is ...
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it freely passes , by placing these on bodies , over which it will not pass , gives
rise to all the paenomena of practical electricity . llence a metallic conductor ,
provided with brass - points , und elevated on glass - legs , is placed opposite the
...
it freely passes , by placing these on bodies , over which it will not pass , gives
rise to all the paenomena of practical electricity . llence a metallic conductor ,
provided with brass - points , und elevated on glass - legs , is placed opposite the
...
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The construction of surface which produces this effect is the convex ; and all rays
of light which fall on a circular surface of glass , & c . , are converged on the other
side into a series of corresponding points , representing the objects whence the ...
The construction of surface which produces this effect is the convex ; and all rays
of light which fall on a circular surface of glass , & c . , are converged on the other
side into a series of corresponding points , representing the objects whence the ...
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Obs .-- To comprehend the effect on the lens of the eye in producing vision in the
different ways in which the rays may fall upon it , hold a spectacle - glass , by
means of a rule or stick , at unequal distances from a wall , which wall may be ...
Obs .-- To comprehend the effect on the lens of the eye in producing vision in the
different ways in which the rays may fall upon it , hold a spectacle - glass , by
means of a rule or stick , at unequal distances from a wall , which wall may be ...
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| Наслов | The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ... |
| Аутор | Sir Richard Phillips |
| Издање | 12 |
| Издавач | J. M'Gowan for Sir R. Phillips, 1820 |
| Оригинал из | Јавна библиотека града Њујорка |
| Дигитализовано | 7 окт 2005 |
| Дужина | 364 страница |
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