 | Beatrice Marguerite Victory - 1915 - 174 Seiten
...dinner, to be given in Philadelphia: "A Turkey to be killed for our dinner by the electrical shock, and roasted by the electrical jack before a fire kindled...in England, Holland, France and Germany are to be drunk from electrified bumpers under the discharge of guns from the electrical battery."43 Franklin... | |
 | Beatrice Marguerite Victory - 1915 - 174 Seiten
...dinner, to be given in Philadelphia: "A Turkey to be killed for our dinner by the electrical shock, and roasted by the electrical jack before a fire kindled...in England, Holland, France and Germany are to be drunk from electrified bumpers under the discharge of guns from the electrical battery."43 Franklin... | |
 | Louis Arthur Holman - 1916 - 83 Seiten
...dinner by the electric shock, and roasted by the electric jack before a fire kindled by the electrical bottle, when the healths of all the famous electricians...the discharge of guns from the electrical battery." This playfulness did not prevent real advance in knowledge. Franklin discarded the accepted "two-fluid... | |
 | 1925
...pleasure on the banks of the Skuylkil. ... A turkey is to be killed for our dinner by the electrical shock and roasted by the electrical jack before a fire kindled...the discharge of guns from the electrical battery.' Oh, rare old Ben I Where were the Prohibition agents? Notice that the tlo and bumpers were electrified... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1895
...performed, " to the amazement of many. A turkey is to be killed for "our dinner by the electric shock, and roasted by the "electrical jack, before a fire...discharge of guns from " the electrical battery." FOOTNOTE : "An electrified bumper is a small thin glass tumbler, near " filled with wine, and electrified... | |
 | Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Claude Chamboredon, Jean-Claude Passeron - 1991 - 271 Seiten
...by Franklin and his friends in 1748. "A turkey was killed for their dinner by the electrical shock, and roasted by the electrical jack, before a fire...electricians in England, Holland, France, and Germany were drunk in electrified bumpers, under a discharge of guns from the electric battery."9 The Abbe... | |
 | Jeanne Fahnestock - 2002 - 234 Seiten
...amazement of many" (Cohen 1941, 200). A turkey is to be killed for our dinner by the electrical shock, and roasted by the electrical jack, before a fire...and Germany are to be drank in electrified bumpers [charged glasses], under the discharge of guns from the electrical battery. (Cohen 1941, 200) (italics... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1974 - 244 Seiten
...performed, to the amazement of many. A turkey is to be killed for our dinner by the electrical shock, and roasted by the electrical jack, before a fire...the discharge of guns from the electrical battery. April 20, 1749. ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS TO JOHN LINING at Charleston, South Carolina Philadelphia, March... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 608 Seiten
...fire kindled by the electrified bottle; while the healths of all the famous electricians in England, France and Germany are to be drank in electrified...the discharge of guns from the electrical battery." The frivolity went well. Though turkeys proved harder to kill than chickens, Franklin and friends finally... | |
 | Tom Tucker - 2009 - 304 Seiten
...be killed for our dinners by the electrical shock, and roasted by the electrical jack, before a lire kindled by the electrified bottle, when the healths of all the famous electricians in England, France and Germany, are to be drank in electrified bumpers, under the discharge of guns from the electrical... | |
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A turkey is to be killed for our dinner by the electrical shock and roasted by the electrical jack before a fire kindled by the electrified bottle; when the healths of all the famous electricians in England, Holland, France and Germany are to be drank... 
