Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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... machine attained anything like the perfection of that em- L E FIG . 199. - Cylinder Electrical Machine , used by Cavallo in 1777 , Showing the glass cylinder A A , with a pulley attached to one neck , B , round which an endless cord ...
... machine attained anything like the perfection of that em- L E FIG . 199. - Cylinder Electrical Machine , used by Cavallo in 1777 , Showing the glass cylinder A A , with a pulley attached to one neck , B , round which an endless cord ...
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... machine , the discharge may be sent through covered 工 FIG . 201 . Winter's Electrical Machine . wire into one of Professor Abel's fuses at a distance of many hundred yards . The writer has used such a machine on a damp night in ...
... machine , the discharge may be sent through covered 工 FIG . 201 . Winter's Electrical Machine . wire into one of Professor Abel's fuses at a distance of many hundred yards . The writer has used such a machine on a damp night in ...
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... machine . The friction in this , as well as in all friction- machines , is caused by pressing on the plate of glass a flat surface of leather , covered with an amalgam of mercury , zinc , and tin , which is put on with the aid of a ...
... machine . The friction in this , as well as in all friction- machines , is caused by pressing on the plate of glass a flat surface of leather , covered with an amalgam of mercury , zinc , and tin , which is put on with the aid of a ...
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