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Discovery of Electro - magnetism Deflection of the Magnetic Needle by a Current of Electricity - Direction of the Force Rotatory Motion by Electricity Rotation of a Wire and a Magnet - Rotation of a Magnet about its Axis — Of Mercury ...
Discovery of Electro - magnetism Deflection of the Magnetic Needle by a Current of Electricity - Direction of the Force Rotatory Motion by Electricity Rotation of a Wire and a Magnet - Rotation of a Magnet about its Axis — Of Mercury ...
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The oscillations of the pendulums were compared with an astronomical clock at each station , and the time was instantaneously transmitted from one to the other bý a telegraphic wire . The oscillations were observed for more than 100 ...
The oscillations of the pendulums were compared with an astronomical clock at each station , and the time was instantaneously transmitted from one to the other bý a telegraphic wire . The oscillations were observed for more than 100 ...
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A sound which takes some time in travelling through the air passes almost instantaneously along a wire six hundred feet long ; consequently it is heard twice - first as communicated by the wire , and afterwards through the medium of the ...
A sound which takes some time in travelling through the air passes almost instantaneously along a wire six hundred feet long ; consequently it is heard twice - first as communicated by the wire , and afterwards through the medium of the ...
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A string or wire stretched between two pins , when drawn aside and suddenly let go , will vibrate till its own rigidity and the resistance of the air reduce it to rest . These oscillations may be rotatory , in every plane , or confined ...
A string or wire stretched between two pins , when drawn aside and suddenly let go , will vibrate till its own rigidity and the resistance of the air reduce it to rest . These oscillations may be rotatory , in every plane , or confined ...
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He found that all the varieties of pitch , quality , and intensity are perfectly transmitted with their relative gradations , and may be communicated , through conducting wires or rods of very considerable length , to a properly ...
He found that all the varieties of pitch , quality , and intensity are perfectly transmitted with their relative gradations , and may be communicated , through conducting wires or rods of very considerable length , to a properly ...
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