Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2M'Carty & Davis, 1834 |
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... Lightning explained , & c . Unlimited Nature of the electric Force Of the Terms , electric per se and non - electric . -Relation between Metals and Water , & c . . An Experiment towards discovering more of the qualities of the ...
... Lightning explained , & c . Unlimited Nature of the electric Force Of the Terms , electric per se and non - electric . -Relation between Metals and Water , & c . . An Experiment towards discovering more of the qualities of the ...
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... lightning , by passing the wire in the dark , over a china plate that has gilt flowers , or applying it to gilt frames of looking glasses , & c . - We electrise a per- son twenty or more times running , with a touch of the finger on the ...
... lightning , by passing the wire in the dark , over a china plate that has gilt flowers , or applying it to gilt frames of looking glasses , & c . - We electrise a per- son twenty or more times running , with a touch of the finger on the ...
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... lightning , which are frequently of short duration , but sometimes produce mischievous effects . whirling glass globe , during its friction against the cushion , draws fire from the cush- ion , the cushion is supplied from the frame of ...
... lightning , which are frequently of short duration , but sometimes produce mischievous effects . whirling glass globe , during its friction against the cushion , draws fire from the cush- ion , the cushion is supplied from the frame of ...
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... lightning on the east side of the Andes , which running north and south , and being vastly high , intercept all the clouds brought against them from the Atlantic ocean by the trade winds , and oblige them to depo- site their waters , by ...
... lightning on the east side of the Andes , which running north and south , and being vastly high , intercept all the clouds brought against them from the Atlantic ocean by the trade winds , and oblige them to depo- site their waters , by ...
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... lightning and thunder succeed , and show- ern and southern air pressing into its place . ers fall . Hence thunder - gusts after heats , and The air so rarified and forced up , passes north - cool air after gusts ; the water and the ...
... lightning and thunder succeed , and show- ern and southern air pressing into its place . ers fall . Hence thunder - gusts after heats , and The air so rarified and forced up , passes north - cool air after gusts ; the water and the ...
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Seite 156 - Resolved, &c., that all aids and supplies, and aids to his Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the Commons ; and all bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons; and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct, limit and appoint in such bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations and qualifications of such grants, which ought not to be changed or altered by the House of Lords.
Seite 236 - The Government of Quebec bounded on the Labrador Coast by the River St. John, and from thence by a Line drawn from the Head of that River through the Lake St.
Seite 237 - And whereas it is just and reasonable, and essential to our interest, and the security of our colonies, that the several nations or tribes of Indians with whom we are connected, and who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed in the possession of such parts of our dominions and territories as, not having been ceded to, or purchased by us, are reserved...
Seite 460 - ... we spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on : we demand nothing in return. But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, Where is your money ? and if I have 464 POLITICAL ECONOMY. none, they say, Get out, you Indian dog.
Seite 213 - Company; as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the west and northwest...
Seite 181 - That the laws made by them for the purposes aforesaid shall not be repugnant, but, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, and shall be transmitted to the King in Council for approbation, as soon as may be after their passing; and if not disapproved within three years after presentation, to remain in force.
Seite 461 - You see they have not yet learned those little Good Things, that we need no Meetings to be instructed in, because our Mothers taught them to us when we were Children; and therefore it is impossible their Meetings should be, as they say, for any such purpose, or have any such Effect; they are only to contrive the Cheating of Indians in the Price of Beaver.
Seite 148 - ... all other powers and privileges of an Assembly, according to the rights of the freeborn subjects of England and as is usual in any of the King's plantations in America.
Seite 77 - That all aids and supplies, and aids to his Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the Commons ; and all bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons ; and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct, limit, and appoint, in such bills, the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants, which ought not to be changed or altered by the House of Lords.
Seite 237 - Company as also all the Lands and Territories lying to the Westward of the sources of the Rivers which fall into the Sea from the West and North West...