On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Electricity Electrical Light and its Spectrum - Velocity - Atmos- pheric Electricity - Its cause - Electric Clouds Violent effects of Lightning - Back Stroke - Electric Glow - Phosphorescence - - 282 SECTION XXIX . - - - Voltaic Electricity ...
... Electricity Electrical Light and its Spectrum - Velocity - Atmos- pheric Electricity - Its cause - Electric Clouds Violent effects of Lightning - Back Stroke - Electric Glow - Phosphorescence - - 282 SECTION XXIX . - - - Voltaic Electricity ...
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... Electricity and Electricity of Tension Effects of a Voltaic Current Ampère's Theory — Dr. Faraday's Experiment of Electrifying and Magnetising a Ray of Light tion - - SECTION XXXII . - Page 316 Magneto - Electricity — Volta - Electric ...
... Electricity and Electricity of Tension Effects of a Voltaic Current Ampère's Theory — Dr. Faraday's Experiment of Electrifying and Magnetising a Ray of Light tion - - SECTION XXXII . - Page 316 Magneto - Electricity — Volta - Electric ...
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... electric atoms is a little more powerful than the mutual repulsion between the particles of matter , the ether and the matter ... electricity . According to his hypothesis , each atom of matter consists of an inappreciably small nucleus ...
... electric atoms is a little more powerful than the mutual repulsion between the particles of matter , the ether and the matter ... electricity . According to his hypothesis , each atom of matter consists of an inappreciably small nucleus ...
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... electricity being only forms of the same power . In most cases it produces electricity , as in the oxidation of metals and combustion , and in every case with- out exception heat is evolved by bodies while combining chemi- cally ; and ...
... electricity being only forms of the same power . In most cases it produces electricity , as in the oxidation of metals and combustion , and in every case with- out exception heat is evolved by bodies while combining chemi- cally ; and ...
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... electricity , is always accomplished according to the laws of definite proportions ; and that the quantity of electricity requisite for the decomposition of a sub- stance is exactly the quantity necessary for its composition . Thus the ...
... electricity , is always accomplished according to the laws of definite proportions ; and that the quantity of electricity requisite for the decomposition of a sub- stance is exactly the quantity necessary for its composition . Thus the ...
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