 When pieces of charcoal about an inch long and onesixth of an inch in diameter, were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch) a bright spark was produced, and more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to...  A Dictionary of Chemistry ... - Page 413by Andrew Ure - 1828 - 829 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1812 - 352 pages
...were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch), a bright spark was produced, and more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to whiteness, and by withdrawing the points from each other a constant discharge took place through the heated air, in a... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...were brought near ,ii iilber (nithintlie thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch), a bright spark vt as produced, and more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to whiteness , and by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge look pluce through the heated air, in... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...than half the volume of (he char, coal became ignited to whiteness ; and by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge took place through...producing a most brilliant ascending arch of light, broad, and conical in form in the middle. When any substance was introduced into this arch it in. stantly... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...thau half the volume of the char. coal became ignited to whiteness ; and by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge took place through...space equal at least to four inches, producing a most briU limit ascending arch of light, broad, and conical in form in the middle. When any substance was... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1815 - 598 pages
...were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch), a bright spark was produced, and more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to whiteness; and by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge took place through the heated air, in... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...half the volume of the char, coal became ignited to whiteness ; and by withdrawing the point* froui each other, a constant discharge took place through the heated air, in a space equal at leust to four inches, producing a most brilliant ascending arch of light, broad, and conical in form... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1816 - 316 pages
...were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch,) a bright spark was produced, and more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to whiteness ; and by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge took place through the heated air, in... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1817 - 348 pages
...more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to whiteness; and by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge took place through...producing a most brilliant ascending arch of light, broad and conical in form in the middle. When any substance was introduced into this arch, it instantly... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 476 pages
...of the great battery of the Royal Institution, and brought very near each other, a bright spark was produced, and more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to whiteness, and, by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge took place through the heated air, in... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...becomes ignited to whiteness ; and, by withdrawing the points from each other, a constant discharge takes place through the heated air, in a space equal at...producing a most brilliant ascending arch of light, broad, and cenical in form in the middle. When any substance is introduced into this arch, it instantly... | |
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