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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ... - Page 306
by Edward Polehampton - 1821
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 22

1752 - 696 pages
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Philosophical essays

Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 pages
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An Epitome of the Arts and Sciences: Being a Comprehensive System of the ...

William Duane - 1811 - 378 pages
...when a " thunder gust appears to be coming on, and " the person who holds the string must stand "• within a door or window, or under some cover, " so that the ribbon may not be wet: and care *' must be faken that the twine does not touch " the frame of the door...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...raised when a thunder gust appears to be com. ing on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door, or window, or under some cover, so that the silk ribband may not be wet; and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door...
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on] and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover, so that...frame of the door or window. As soon as any of the thunder clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them, and the...
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover, so that the silk ribhon may not be wet; and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or...
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Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of ...

Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door, or window, or under some cover, so...frame of the door or window. As soon as any of the thunder clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them ; and the...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 pages
...cover, so that the silk ribbon may not he wet; and eare mnst he taken that the twine does not tonch the frame of the door or window. As soon as any of the thnnder elonds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them, and the...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volume 32

American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 pages
...raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover, so that...frame of the door or window. As soon as any of the thunder clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them, and the...
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The New Cabinet of Arts: A Series of Entertaining Experiments in Various ...

T. C. Thornton - 1846 - 268 pages
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