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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... plate is stopped , and it begins to be repelled from that plate , and would be driven back to the under plate , but that its lowest corner is likewise a point , and throws off or discharges the overplus of the leaf's atmosphere , as ...
... plate is stopped , and it begins to be repelled from that plate , and would be driven back to the under plate , but that its lowest corner is likewise a point , and throws off or discharges the overplus of the leaf's atmosphere , as ...
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... plate , and draws nearer to the unelectrified plate , till it comes to a distance where the discharge can be ex- actly equal to the receipt , the latter being lessened , and the former increased ; and there it remains as long as the ...
... plate , and draws nearer to the unelectrified plate , till it comes to a distance where the discharge can be ex- actly equal to the receipt , the latter being lessened , and the former increased ; and there it remains as long as the ...
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... plate , two feet square , and placed it on an electric stand . From the plate a wire extended horizontally four or five feet , and , at the end of it , hung , by linen threads , a pair of cork balls . I then repeatedly sprinkled water ...
... plate , two feet square , and placed it on an electric stand . From the plate a wire extended horizontally four or five feet , and , at the end of it , hung , by linen threads , a pair of cork balls . I then repeatedly sprinkled water ...
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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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Abbé Abbé Nollet America appear attracted BENJAMIN FRANKLIN body bottle Britain charged clouds coating Collinson colonies common matter conduct Congress contained cork ball cushion discharged draw earth effect elec electric fluid electric matter electrical atmosphere electrical experiments electrical fire electrified equal finger floor force Franklin give glass globe gold greater hand heat honor hook igne ignis iron j'ai JAMES BOWDOIN jars Kinnersley letter Leyden lightning Lord Lord Chatham Lord Hyde Lordship magnetic melted ment metal motion natural quantity needle negative non-electric observed opinion paper Parliament passing person PETER COLLINSON Philadelphia piece plate pointed rod positively power of points present prime conductor quantity of electricity received repelled repulsion round Royal Society rubbed shock side silk spark standing on wax stroke sulphur suppose surface suspended thick thread tion touch the wire tricity tube vapors whole