Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator...G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - 316 Seiten |
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... electricity had been leaft ex- plored . The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophraftus and Pliny , and , from them , by later naturalifts . In the year 1600 , Gilbert , an English phy- fician , enlarged confiderably the cata ...
... electricity had been leaft ex- plored . The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophraftus and Pliny , and , from them , by later naturalifts . In the year 1600 , Gilbert , an English phy- fician , enlarged confiderably the cata ...
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... electricity was entirely neglected , until Mr. Grey applied himself to it , in 1728 , with great affiduity . He , and his friend Mr. Wheeler , made a great variety of experiments ; in which they demon- ftrated , that electricity may be ...
... electricity was entirely neglected , until Mr. Grey applied himself to it , in 1728 , with great affiduity . He , and his friend Mr. Wheeler , made a great variety of experiments ; in which they demon- ftrated , that electricity may be ...
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... electricity than before , but that as much was taken from one fide as was thrown on the other ; and that , to dif charge it , nothing was neceffary but to make a communication between the two fides , by which the equilibrium might be be ...
... electricity than before , but that as much was taken from one fide as was thrown on the other ; and that , to dif charge it , nothing was neceffary but to make a communication between the two fides , by which the equilibrium might be be ...
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... electricity would remain . He after- wards demonftrated , by experiments , that the electricity did not refide in the coating , as had been fuppofed , but in the pores of the glafs itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the ...
... electricity would remain . He after- wards demonftrated , by experiments , that the electricity did not refide in the coating , as had been fuppofed , but in the pores of the glafs itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the ...
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... electricity and lightning , and knowing the power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conduct- ing their fire filently and imperceptibly , he suggests the idea of fecuring houses , fhips , & c . from being ...
... electricity and lightning , and knowing the power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conduct- ing their fire filently and imperceptibly , he suggests the idea of fecuring houses , fhips , & c . from being ...
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