A Sequel to the Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity:: Wherein it is Presumed, by a Series of Experiments Expresly for that Purpose, that the Source of the Electrical Power, and Its Manner of Acting are Demonstrated. Addressed to the Royal SocietyC. Davis, printer to the Royal Society, against Gray's-Inn, Holbourn., 1746 - Electricity - 80 pages |
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... lines of dry filk , hair , or wool ; or ( which is much more convenient ) if he ftands upon glass , wax , refin , pitch , fulphur , & c . or upon different mixtures of thefe , if of a fufficient thicknefs . As we are now mafters of a ...
... lines of dry filk , hair , or wool ; or ( which is much more convenient ) if he ftands upon glass , wax , refin , pitch , fulphur , & c . or upon different mixtures of thefe , if of a fufficient thicknefs . As we are now mafters of a ...
Page 10
... filk lines , is ap- plied fo near an excited glass globe , that fome metallic fringes inferted into the gun - barrel touch the globe in motion , Under thefe circumftances a man grafps the vial with one hand and touches the gun - barrel ...
... filk lines , is ap- plied fo near an excited glass globe , that fome metallic fringes inferted into the gun - barrel touch the globe in motion , Under thefe circumftances a man grafps the vial with one hand and touches the gun - barrel ...
Page 35
... filk lines and hanging in contact with the globes , would , though the machine were in motion a confiderable time , attract no light fubftances nor emit any fire . This induced me to con- ceive , that the electrical power was not ...
... filk lines and hanging in contact with the globes , would , though the machine were in motion a confiderable time , attract no light fubftances nor emit any fire . This induced me to con- ceive , that the electrical power was not ...
Page 38
... filk lines , which support the non - electrics , are wetted thereby , the electrical power will be discharged along them , and the wire will be conftantly attrac- ted , ted , as I have frequently on purpose experienced ; [ 38 ]
... filk lines , which support the non - electrics , are wetted thereby , the electrical power will be discharged along them , and the wire will be conftantly attrac- ted , ted , as I have frequently on purpose experienced ; [ 38 ]
Page 40
... filk lines , which support the gun barrel , in fuch a manner as not to touch the gun - barrel ; the elec- trical fire , which paffes from the iron rod to the gun - barrel , inftead of be- ing fupplied conftantly , comes in by fnapping ...
... filk lines , which support the gun barrel , in fuch a manner as not to touch the gun - barrel ; the elec- trical fire , which paffes from the iron rod to the gun - barrel , inftead of be- ing fupplied conftantly , comes in by fnapping ...
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