The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... electric : and if the experiment be made in the dark , the glass and the wax will exhibit faint signs of light ; which ... electrical machine . The fluid , or power produced by it , is one of the most wonderful in nature . It is found ...
... electric : and if the experiment be made in the dark , the glass and the wax will exhibit faint signs of light ; which ... electrical machine . The fluid , or power produced by it , is one of the most wonderful in nature . It is found ...
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... ELECTRICAL MACHINE . Prime Conductor . Glass Cylinder . 543. The bodies , over which it passes freely , are all animals , most animal and vegetable substances , water , & c .; all which are called conductors of elec- tricity . But it ...
... ELECTRICAL MACHINE . Prime Conductor . Glass Cylinder . 543. The bodies , over which it passes freely , are all animals , most animal and vegetable substances , water , & c .; all which are called conductors of elec- tricity . But it ...
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... electric fluid , is its power of suddenly contracting the muscles of animals when it violently passes through them from one place to another , to restore its equilibrium . It ... electrical apparatus ; but 200 ELECTRICITY AND GALVANISM .
... electric fluid , is its power of suddenly contracting the muscles of animals when it violently passes through them from one place to another , to restore its equilibrium . It ... electrical apparatus ; but 200 ELECTRICITY AND GALVANISM .
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... electric shock . Instead , therefore , of the glass - cylinder , conductor , coated jar , & c . , used in electrical experiments , the Galvanic pile , or trough , is now preferred . Obs . The common exhibition of electrical effects , is ...
... electric shock . Instead , therefore , of the glass - cylinder , conductor , coated jar , & c . , used in electrical experiments , the Galvanic pile , or trough , is now preferred . Obs . The common exhibition of electrical effects , is ...
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... electric matter has been ascertained , philosophers have been led to seek the explication of aerial meteors in princi ... electrical , or gaseous phenomena . It has been observed , that the aurora borealis pro- duces a very sensible ...
... electric matter has been ascertained , philosophers have been led to seek the explication of aerial meteors in princi ... electrical , or gaseous phenomena . It has been observed , that the aurora borealis pro- duces a very sensible ...
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