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 6Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... electricity , as appears by their separating again when taken out of it . I once electrified the air of my largest ... electricity for more than three quarters of an hour . Hence I entirely agree with you , that the glass in Mr ...
... electricity , as appears by their separating again when taken out of it . I once electrified the air of my largest ... electricity for more than three quarters of an hour . Hence I entirely agree with you , that the glass in Mr ...
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... electricity , which surprises us a little . You know that finding air , made rarer by the pump or by heat , gave less obstruc- tion to the passage of electricity , than when in its denser state , we were apt to think a perfect vacuum ...
... electricity , which surprises us a little . You know that finding air , made rarer by the pump or by heat , gave less obstruc- tion to the passage of electricity , than when in its denser state , we were apt to think a perfect vacuum ...
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... electricity brought into the polar regions by the clouds , which are condensed there , and fall in snow , which electricity would enter the earth , but cannot penetrate the ice ; may it not , I say ( as a bottle overcharged ) break ...
... electricity brought into the polar regions by the clouds , which are condensed there , and fall in snow , which electricity would enter the earth , but cannot penetrate the ice ; may it not , I say ( as a bottle overcharged ) break ...
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Causes of Earthquakes 15 December 1737 | 14 |
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