The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 Seiten |
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... power of points in drawing and throwing off the electrical matter , which had hitherto escaped the notice of elec- tricians . He also made the grand discovery of a plus and minus , or of a positive and negative state of electricity . We ...
... power of points in drawing and throwing off the electrical matter , which had hitherto escaped the notice of elec- tricians . He also made the grand discovery of a plus and minus , or of a positive and negative state of electricity . We ...
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... power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fire silently and imperceptibly , he suggested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being damaged by lightning , by erecting pointed rods ...
... power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fire silently and imperceptibly , he suggested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being damaged by lightning , by erecting pointed rods ...
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... point of taking the lead , calling upon me only from neces- sity , or to figure by her side . But conceive not , Sirs ... power even to scrawl a suppliant netition for relief , having been obliged to employ the hand of another in ...
... point of taking the lead , calling upon me only from neces- sity , or to figure by her side . But conceive not , Sirs ... power even to scrawl a suppliant netition for relief , having been obliged to employ the hand of another in ...
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