The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 Seiten |
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... experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impressed on my inagination . My father at length . decided that I should be a cut- ler , and I was placed for some days upon trial with my cousin Samuel , son of ...
... experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impressed on my inagination . My father at length . decided that I should be a cut- ler , and I was placed for some days upon trial with my cousin Samuel , son of ...
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... experiments , with all the ardour and thirst for discovery which character- ized the philosophers of that day . Of all the branches of experimental philosophy , electricity had been least explored . The attractive power of amber is inen ...
... experiments , with all the ardour and thirst for discovery which character- ized the philosophers of that day . Of all the branches of experimental philosophy , electricity had been least explored . The attractive power of amber is inen ...
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... experiments excited the cu- riosity of other philosophers . Collinson , about the year 1745 , sent to the Library Company of Philadel- phia , an account of these experiments , together with à tube , and directions how to use it ...
... experiments excited the cu- riosity of other philosophers . Collinson , about the year 1745 , sent to the Library Company of Philadel- phia , an account of these experiments , together with à tube , and directions how to use it ...
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... experiments , that the electricity did not re- side in the coating , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the ... experiment . The plan which he had ori- ginally proposed , was to erect on some high tower , of other elevated ...
... experiments , that the electricity did not re- side in the coating , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the ... experiment . The plan which he had ori- ginally proposed , was to erect on some high tower , of other elevated ...
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... experiments in philosophy . He placed himsel under a shade , to avoid the rain - his kite was raised - a thunder - cloud passed over it - no sign of electricity appeared He almost despaired of success , when , suddenly , he observed the ...
... experiments in philosophy . He placed himsel under a shade , to avoid the rain - his kite was raised - a thunder - cloud passed over it - no sign of electricity appeared He almost despaired of success , when , suddenly , he observed the ...
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