Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics, Together with a Collection of Anecdotes, Descriptions, Etc., Etc. ...W.F. Peckham, 1840 - 482 страници |
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... is new . The term electricity is derived from electron , the Greek name for amber , which was known , even in ancient times , to be capable of acquiring , by being rubbed , the curious property 54 AMERICAN MECHANICS .
... is new . The term electricity is derived from electron , the Greek name for amber , which was known , even in ancient times , to be capable of acquiring , by being rubbed , the curious property 54 AMERICAN MECHANICS .
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... Electricity , which , however , continued in its infancy for above a century , and could hardly , indeed , be said to consist of any thing more than a collection of unsystematized and ill - understood facts , until it attracted the ...
... Electricity , which , however , continued in its infancy for above a century , and could hardly , indeed , be said to consist of any thing more than a collection of unsystematized and ill - understood facts , until it attracted the ...
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... electricity for the accidental discovery of the possibility of accumu- lating large quantities of the electric fluid , by means of what was called the Leyden jar , or phial . M. Cuneus , of that city , happened one day , while repeating ...
... electricity for the accidental discovery of the possibility of accumu- lating large quantities of the electric fluid , by means of what was called the Leyden jar , or phial . M. Cuneus , of that city , happened one day , while repeating ...
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... electric shock to what it really is , even when given in greater strength than it could have been by those early ... Electricity , in the shape in which it first presented itself to the notice of Dr. Franklin . In the way in which we ...
... electric shock to what it really is , even when given in greater strength than it could have been by those early ... Electricity , in the shape in which it first presented itself to the notice of Dr. Franklin . In the way in which we ...
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... electricity which friction had the effect of at least rendering manifest in the glass cylinder , or other electric . The question was , whether this virtue was created by the friction in the electric , or only thereby communicated to it ...
... electricity which friction had the effect of at least rendering manifest in the glass cylinder , or other electric . The question was , whether this virtue was created by the friction in the electric , or only thereby communicated to it ...
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