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Page 35
Fine flint or crystal glass may be be by much the best , as being both harder and
used with greater advantage than any other ; but stronger , and less liable to
break by a high the expense becomes a very considerable object , charge .
Fine flint or crystal glass may be be by much the best , as being both harder and
used with greater advantage than any other ; but stronger , and less liable to
break by a high the expense becomes a very considerable object , charge .
Page 45
If a charge be posing about a square foot of coated surface ; now sent through
the wires , the Auid will pass put one end of ... and will the charge will pass
through the card and perthere perforate the card in its passage to that forate
producing a ...
If a charge be posing about a square foot of coated surface ; now sent through
the wires , the Auid will pass put one end of ... and will the charge will pass
through the card and perthere perforate the card in its passage to that forate
producing a ...
Page 46
Charge a very large jar , strong charge is passed through the wires , the and
connect its external coating with that of one air within the mortar will be suddenly
expanded , ten or twelve times smaller ; form a communiand the cork projected to
a ...
Charge a very large jar , strong charge is passed through the wires , the and
connect its external coating with that of one air within the mortar will be suddenly
expanded , ten or twelve times smaller ; form a communiand the cork projected to
a ...
Page 49
If the charge be very melt ; and this will be again quadrupled low , it is found that
the color is changed to doubling the ... obtains in all accurate experiments with
mo- and , if we increase the charge still further , it derate lengths of wire ; and it is
...
If the charge be very melt ; and this will be again quadrupled low , it is found that
the color is changed to doubling the ... obtains in all accurate experiments with
mo- and , if we increase the charge still further , it derate lengths of wire ; and it is
...
Page 70
The charge of a jar is retained in the wire communicated with the coating of a
charged electric . — This is proved in a very satisfactory phial , the other being
held by an observer , who , manner by the following experiments , which in his
other ...
The charge of a jar is retained in the wire communicated with the coating of a
charged electric . — This is proved in a very satisfactory phial , the other being
held by an observer , who , manner by the following experiments , which in his
other ...
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| Title | The 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 8 The 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, Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis |
| Publisher | T. Tegg, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Oct 2007 |
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