A History of Electric Telegraphy, to the Year 1837E. & F. N. Spon, 1884 - 542 Seiten |
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... PARIS . " Their line is gone out through all the earth , And their words to the end of the world . " Psalms xix . 4 . LONDON : E. & F. N. SPON , 16 , CHARING CROSS . NEW YORK : 35 , MURRAY STREET . 1884 . All rights reserved . Dedicated ...
... PARIS . " Their line is gone out through all the earth , And their words to the end of the world . " Psalms xix . 4 . LONDON : E. & F. N. SPON , 16 , CHARING CROSS . NEW YORK : 35 , MURRAY STREET . 1884 . All rights reserved . Dedicated ...
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... ( Paris , 1686 ) * : - and copper pens ' reach to - day the farthest ends of the earth . In this strange dream Martin Luther appeared writing upon the door of the Palace Chapel at Wittemburg . The pen with which he wrote seemed so long ...
... ( Paris , 1686 ) * : - and copper pens ' reach to - day the farthest ends of the earth . In this strange dream Martin Luther appeared writing upon the door of the Palace Chapel at Wittemburg . The pen with which he wrote seemed so long ...
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... Paris , 1576 , vol . i . col . ↑ While it is generally admitted that magnetism has conferred incal- culable benefits on mankind ( witness only the mariner's compass ) , we have never yet seen it stated that it has at the same time ...
... Paris , 1576 , vol . i . col . ↑ While it is generally admitted that magnetism has conferred incal- culable benefits on mankind ( witness only the mariner's compass ) , we have never yet seen it stated that it has at the same time ...
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... to have believed in the efficacy of the sympathetic tele- graph . See Fournier's Le Vieux - Neuf , Paris , 1857 , vol . i . p . 200 . Cardinal Richelieu's system of espionage was so perfect that he to the Year 1837 . I I.
... to have believed in the efficacy of the sympathetic tele- graph . See Fournier's Le Vieux - Neuf , Paris , 1857 , vol . i . p . 200 . Cardinal Richelieu's system of espionage was so perfect that he to the Year 1837 . I I.
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... receives immediately advices . " * The learned physician , Sir Thomas Browne , has * Thirteenth letter , dated Paris 1639 , vol . i . some cautiously worded sentences on the mythical telegraph , which 12 A History of Electric Telegraphy.
... receives immediately advices . " * The learned physician , Sir Thomas Browne , has * Thirteenth letter , dated Paris 1639 , vol . i . some cautiously worded sentences on the mythical telegraph , which 12 A History of Electric Telegraphy.
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Seite 298 - Certain effects of the induction of electrical currents have already been recognised and described : as those of magnetization ; Ampere's experiments of bringing a copper disc near to a flat spiral; his repetition with electromagnets of Arago's extraordinary experiments, and perhaps a few others. Still it appeared unlikely that these could be all the effects which induction by currents could produce; especially as, upon dispensing with iron...
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