The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... metal . 1 Phosphorescent - stone is found on different eminences around Bologna in Italy , and especially on Monte Paderno , ' loose and scattered about between gypseous stones in a marly earth . It is found most readily after heavy ...
... metal . 1 Phosphorescent - stone is found on different eminences around Bologna in Italy , and especially on Monte Paderno , ' loose and scattered about between gypseous stones in a marly earth . It is found most readily after heavy ...
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... metals , rends some bodies , strikes people blind , destroys animal life , deprives magnets of their virtue , and reverses ' their poles ; and these are well - known properties of electricity . Lightning not only gives polarity to the ...
... metals , rends some bodies , strikes people blind , destroys animal life , deprives magnets of their virtue , and reverses ' their poles ; and these are well - known properties of electricity . Lightning not only gives polarity to the ...
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... metal lustre sus- pended by a chain ) sitting on one chair , and laying their feet on another . It is still safer , he says , to VOL . II . F bring two or three mattresses , or beds , into NO . XLIX . On Lightning and Thunder . 97.
... metal lustre sus- pended by a chain ) sitting on one chair , and laying their feet on another . It is still safer , he says , to VOL . II . F bring two or three mattresses , or beds , into NO . XLIX . On Lightning and Thunder . 97.
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... metal plates being in opposite states , strongly attracted each other , and would have rushed together , if they had not been kept asunder by strings . Sometimes , the electricity of both would be discharged by a strong spark between ...
... metal plates being in opposite states , strongly attracted each other , and would have rushed together , if they had not been kept asunder by strings . Sometimes , the electricity of both would be discharged by a strong spark between ...
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... metals , and the decomposi- tion of acids and of water be produced . Shocks , also , on the human body analogous to the electric shock , and brilliant sparks , with the deflagration of even silver and gold , may be occasioned by this ...
... metals , and the decomposi- tion of acids and of water be produced . Shocks , also , on the human body analogous to the electric shock , and brilliant sparks , with the deflagration of even silver and gold , may be occasioned by this ...
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