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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Page 29
... nearest course of the e- lectrical power . XL . If any number of perfons com- municate by pieces of wire , and if any one of them brings together the ends of the two pieces of wire in his hands , upon the gun - barrel's being touched he ...
... nearest course of the e- lectrical power . XL . If any number of perfons com- municate by pieces of wire , and if any one of them brings together the ends of the two pieces of wire in his hands , upon the gun - barrel's being touched he ...
Page 54
... nearest unexcited non - e- lectric to restore the equilibrium . The reftoring of this equilibrium , I take to be the cause of the attraction of excited glafs tubes and globes , as well as that of excited non - electrics ; for here the ...
... nearest unexcited non - e- lectric to restore the equilibrium . The reftoring of this equilibrium , I take to be the cause of the attraction of excited glafs tubes and globes , as well as that of excited non - electrics ; for here the ...
Page 55
... nearest unexcited non - e- lectrics towards thofe excited , and car- ries with it whatever light bodies lie in its course . This fetting in of the cur- rent of electrical æther towards excited non - electrics is likewife very ...
... nearest unexcited non - e- lectrics towards thofe excited , and car- ries with it whatever light bodies lie in its course . This fetting in of the cur- rent of electrical æther towards excited non - electrics is likewife very ...
Page 60
... nearest unexcited non - elec- tric , as well as from the excited one ; that is , by the simple electrical attrac- tion . But to obviate this , it must be remembered ; that the electrified gun- barrel both attracts and repels light ...
... nearest unexcited non - elec- tric , as well as from the excited one ; that is , by the simple electrical attrac- tion . But to obviate this , it must be remembered ; that the electrified gun- barrel both attracts and repels light ...
Page 67
... take the liberty to offer . 1. I have endeavoured to prove by experiment * , that a quantity of electri- city is furnish'd from the nearest un- LVI , LVII , and LVIII . F 2 excited זי excited non - electrics , equal to that ac- [ 67 ]
... take the liberty to offer . 1. I have endeavoured to prove by experiment * , that a quantity of electri- city is furnish'd from the nearest un- LVI , LVII , and LVIII . F 2 excited זי excited non - electrics , equal to that ac- [ 67 ]
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