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 SpectatorP. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793 - 303 Seiten |
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... experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been frefh and strongly impreffed on my imagination . My father at length decided that I fhould be a cutler , and I was placed for fome days upon trial with my coufin Samuel , fon of my ...
... experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been frefh and strongly impreffed on my imagination . My father at length decided that I fhould be a cutler , and I was placed for fome days upon trial with my coufin Samuel , fon of my ...
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... experiments , with all the ardor and thirst for discovery which characterized the philofophers of that day . Of all the branches of experimental philofophy elect- ricity had been leaft explored . The attractive of amber is mentioned by ...
... experiments , with all the ardor and thirst for discovery which characterized the philofophers of that day . Of all the branches of experimental philofophy elect- ricity had been leaft explored . The attractive of amber is mentioned by ...
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... experiments to the world . For feveral years 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 experi- ments ; in which ...
... experiments to the world . For feveral years 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 experi- ments ; in which ...
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... experiments ex- cited the curiofity of other philofophers . Collin- fon , about the year 1745 , fent to the library com- pany of Philadelphia an account of thefe experi- ments , together with a tube , and directions how to use it ...
... experiments ex- cited the curiofity of other philofophers . Collin- fon , about the year 1745 , fent to the library com- pany of Philadelphia an account of thefe experi- ments , together with a tube , and directions how to use it ...
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... experiments , that the electricity did not refide in the coating , as had been fuppof- ed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the coating , and found that upon applying a new coating the shock ...
... experiments , that the electricity did not refide in the coating , as had been fuppof- ed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the coating , and found that upon applying a new coating the shock ...
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