A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 8Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... negative , or , as they were for some time , and are still by some called , the vitreous and resinous electricities . This disco- very was accidentally made in consequence of 11. M. Du Fay , says Mr. Singer , has also the merit of ...
... negative , or , as they were for some time , and are still by some called , the vitreous and resinous electricities . This disco- very was accidentally made in consequence of 11. M. Du Fay , says Mr. Singer , has also the merit of ...
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... negative electricity ; terms first proposed by Dr. Franklin . 13. To the labors of Messrs . Grey and Wheeler , and their coadjutors Du Fay and Nollet , all subsequent electricians are highly in- debted ; their means of research were ...
... negative electricity ; terms first proposed by Dr. Franklin . 13. To the labors of Messrs . Grey and Wheeler , and their coadjutors Du Fay and Nollet , all subsequent electricians are highly in- debted ; their means of research were ...
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... negative form , according to the nature of the surface of the body , and the kind of rubber with which it is excited . This ingenious electrician made several re- markably fine experiments on electrical atmos- pheres , which led to the ...
... negative form , according to the nature of the surface of the body , and the kind of rubber with which it is excited . This ingenious electrician made several re- markably fine experiments on electrical atmos- pheres , which led to the ...
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... negative . 31. In 1757 a work appeared on electricity , entitled Disputatio Physica Experimentalis de Electricitatibus , by Mr. Wilke , of Rostock , in Lower Saxony , in which the author gives some very interesting details of his ...
... negative . 31. In 1757 a work appeared on electricity , entitled Disputatio Physica Experimentalis de Electricitatibus , by Mr. Wilke , of Rostock , in Lower Saxony , in which the author gives some very interesting details of his ...
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... negative power , they have been styled positive and negative electricity . 52. The determination of these two states of electricity in different excited bodies , continues Mr. Singer , is of importance to the practical electrician , and ...
... negative power , they have been styled positive and negative electricity . 52. The determination of these two states of electricity in different excited bodies , continues Mr. Singer , is of importance to the practical electrician , and ...
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