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" I put some pounded chalk. If a little mercury, or a few drops of spirit of wine, be put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it... "
A History of Science - Page 281
by Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 227 pages
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 6, Part 2

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pages
...prime conductor to which it hath been cxpofed is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame fo Jong, that with this burning machine in my hand, I have taken above 60 iteps in walking about my room. When it is electrified ftrongly, I can take it into another room,...
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The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of ..., Volume 2

James Smith - 1815 - 942 pages
...this phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it hath been exposed, is taken away, it throws out a pencil...steps in walking about my room. When it is electrified Mrongly, I can take it into another room, and there fire spirits of wine with it. If, while it is electrifying,...
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Scientific Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics: Including Arithmetic ...

William Enfield (M.A.) - 1821 - 302 pages
...experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it has been exposed,...of flame so long, that with this burning machine in your hand, you may take about sixty steps in walking about your room. When it is electrified strongly,...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 1

1824 - 492 pages
...experiment succeeds the better. As soon as the phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it has been exposed...flame so long, that, with this burning machine in my hands, I have taken above sixty steps in walking about my room. When it is electrified strongly, I...
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The Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine; and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 1

1824 - 492 pages
...succeeds the better. As soon as the phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or theprime conductor to which it has been exposed is taken away,...flame so long, that, with this burning machine in my hands, I have taken above sixty steps in walking about my room. When it is electrified strongly, I...
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A Glance at the Physical Sciences: Or, The Wonders of Nature, in Earth, Air ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it has been exposed...electrified strongly, I can take it into another room, and fire spirit of wine with it. If, while it is electrifying, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which...
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The Panorama of Science: Or, a Guide to Knowledge

George Grant - 1849 - 328 pages
...phial and the nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it hath been exposed is taken away, it throws out a pencil...room, and there fire spirits of wine with it. If, whilst it is electrifying, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand, to the nail,...
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A Glance at the Physical Sciences, Or, The Wonders of Nature, in Earth, Air ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1852 - 372 pages
...the^xperiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it has been exposed...electrified strongly, I can take it into another room, and fire spirit of wine with it. If, while it is electrifying, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which...
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The Panorama of Science, Or Guide to Knowledge

George Grant - 1852 - 260 pages
...conductor to which it hath been exposed is taken away, it throws out a penoil of flame so long, tliat with this burning machine in my hand, I have taken...room, and there fire spirits of wine with it. If, whilst it is electrifying, 1 put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand, to the nail,...
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Electric Science; Its History, Phenomena, and Applications

Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1853 - 230 pages
...exposed is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame so strong, that with this burning instrument in my hand I have taken above sixty steps in walking...room, and there fire spirits of wine with it. If, whilst it is electrifying, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand, to the nail,...
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