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Common or Static Electricity , or Electricity of Tension A Dual Power Methods of exciting it Attraction and Repulsion — Conduction - Electrics and Non - electrics - Induction Dielectrics - Tension - Law of the Electric Force ...
Common or Static Electricity , or Electricity of Tension A Dual Power Methods of exciting it Attraction and Repulsion — Conduction - Electrics and Non - electrics - Induction Dielectrics - Tension - Law of the Electric Force ...
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Electro - Dynamics Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents — Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets — Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension - Effects of a Voltaic Current Ampère's ...
Electro - Dynamics Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents — Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets — Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension - Effects of a Voltaic Current Ampère's ...
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It is merely a result of the electrical state of the particles , chemical affinity and electricity being only forms of the saine power . In most cases it produces electricity , as in the oxidation of metals and combustion , and in every ...
It is merely a result of the electrical state of the particles , chemical affinity and electricity being only forms of the saine power . In most cases it produces electricity , as in the oxidation of metals and combustion , and in every ...
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Now it must be observed that the composition of bodies , as well as their decomposition , may be accomplished by means of electricity ; and Dr. Faraday has found that this chemical composition and decomposition , by a given current of ...
Now it must be observed that the composition of bodies , as well as their decomposition , may be accomplished by means of electricity ; and Dr. Faraday has found that this chemical composition and decomposition , by a given current of ...
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Sir John Herschel is of opinion that an intensely prolonged peal is probably owing to a combination of sounds , because , the velocity of electricity being incomparably greater than that of sound , the thunder may be regarded as ...
Sir John Herschel is of opinion that an intensely prolonged peal is probably owing to a combination of sounds , because , the velocity of electricity being incomparably greater than that of sound , the thunder may be regarded as ...
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