 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pages
...prime conductor to which it hath been cxpofed is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame fo Jong, that with this burning machine in my hand, I have taken above 60 iteps in walking about my room. When it is electrified ftrongly, I can take it into another room,... | |
 | James Smith - 1815 - 942 pages
...pounded chalk. If a little mercury, or a few drops of spirit of wine arc put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail...electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it hath been exposed, is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame so long, that with this burning machine... | |
 | William Enfield (M.A.) - 1821 - 302 pages
...pounded chalk. If a little mercury, or a few drops of spirit of wine, be put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail...of flame so long, that with this burning machine in your hand, you may take about sixty steps in walking about your room. When it is electrified strongly,... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...or a few drops of spirit of wine be put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as the phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass,...flame so long, that, with this burning machine in my hands, I have taken above sixty steps in walking about my room. When it is electrified strongly, I... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...succeeds the better. As soon as the phial and nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or theprime conductor to which it has been exposed is taken away,...flame so long, that, with this burning machine in my hands, I have taken above sixty steps in walking about my room. When it is electrified strongly, I... | |
 | 1839 - 230 pages
...chalk. If a little mercury, or a few dropi of spirit of wine, be put into it, the experiment succeedi the better. As soon as this phial and nail are removed...the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor, to rhich it has been exposed, is taken away, it throws out a tream of flame so long, that with this burning-machine... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 328 pages
...of spirits of wine are put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as the phial and the nail are removed from the electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it hath been exposed is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame so long, that with this burning machine... | |
 | George Grant - 1852 - 260 pages
...conductor to which it hath been exposed is taken away, it throws out a penoil of flame so long, tliat with this burning machine in my hand, I have taken...electrified strongly, I can take it into another room, and there fire spirits of wine with it. If, whilst it is electrifying, 1 put my finger, or a piece of gold... | |
 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1853 - 230 pages
...pounded chalk. If a little mercury, or a few drops of spirit of wine be put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail...is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame so strong, that with this burning instrument in my hand I have taken above sixty steps in walking about... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 566 pages
...pounded chalk. If a little mercury, or a few drops of spirits of wine, be put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail...electrifying glass, or the prime conductor to which it hath been exposed is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame so long that, with this burning machine... | |
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I commonly rub it over beforehand with a finger, on which I put some pounded chalk. If a little mercury, or a few drops of spirit of wine, be put into it, the experiment succeeds the better. As soon as this phial and nail are removed from the electrifying... 
