The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published ; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 5Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1840 |
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... cloud ; and , in leaving it , flashes brightly and cracks loudly ; the particles in- stantly coalescing for want of that fire , and falling in a heavy shower . 30. When a ridge of mountains thus dams the clouds , and draws the ...
... cloud ; and , in leaving it , flashes brightly and cracks loudly ; the particles in- stantly coalescing for want of that fire , and falling in a heavy shower . 30. When a ridge of mountains thus dams the clouds , and draws the ...
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... clouds from the sea meet a number of clouds raised from the land , the elec- trical flashes appear to strike in different parts ; and , as the clouds are jostled and mixed by the winds , or brought near by the electrical attraction ...
... clouds from the sea meet a number of clouds raised from the land , the elec- trical flashes appear to strike in different parts ; and , as the clouds are jostled and mixed by the winds , or brought near by the electrical attraction ...
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... cloud , highly charged positively , may reduce smaller clouds to a negative state , when it passes above or near them , by forcing a part of their natural portion of the fluid either to their inferior surfaces , whence it may strike ...
... cloud , highly charged positively , may reduce smaller clouds to a negative state , when it passes above or near them , by forcing a part of their natural portion of the fluid either to their inferior surfaces , whence it may strike ...
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An Account of Negotiations in London for effecting | 1 |
Vindication and Offer from Congress to Parliament | 83 |
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union proposed | 91 |
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