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" In electricity he has made a remarkable discovery: you write two or three words on a paper ; he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball ; a wire... "
Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science - Page 137
1862
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Notes and Queries

1858 - 798 pages
...mechanic," who, says Young, in his published Travels, " Has made a remarkable discovery in electricity. You write two or three words on a paper; he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball ; a...
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Stories of Inventors and Discoverers in Science and the Useful Arts: A Book ...

John Timbs - 1860 - 478 pages
...a model working telegraph by M. Lomond : " You write two or three words on a paper," says Young ; " he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small, fine pith-ball ; a...
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Railways, Steamers and Telegraphs: A Glance at Their Recent Progress and ...

George Dodd - 1867 - 376 pages
...writes : ' In the evening to Monsieur Lamond, a very ingenious and inventive mechanic. In electricity he has made a remarkable discovery. You write two or three words on paper ; he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the...
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The Electric Telegraph

Robert Sabine - 1867 - 476 pages
...Arthur Young,* in the following words :— " M. Lomond has made a remarkable discovery in electricity. You write two or three words on a paper; he takes it into a room, and turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer,...
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Wonderful Inventions: From the Mariner's Compass to the Electric Telegraph Cable

John Timbs - 1868 - 448 pages
...inventive mechanic, who has made an improvement of the jenny for spinning cotton. In electricity he has made a remarkable discovery. You write two or three words on paper ; he takes it with him into a room and turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the...
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The History and Progress of the Electric Telegraph: With Descriptions of ...

Robert Sabine - 1869 - 308 pages
...Arthur Young,* in the following words : — " M. Lomond has made a remarkable discovery in electricity. You write two or three words on a paper ; he takes it into a room, and turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical * " Travels in France," vol. ip 979, 4th...
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The Catholic Record, Volumes 1-2

1871 - 850 pages
...mechanic named Lomond had made a remarkable discovery in electricity. " You write two or three words on paper ; he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith-ball; a wire...
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The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse, LL. D.: Inventor of the Electro-magnetic ...

Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1875 - 876 pages
...vol. i., p. 979, fourth edition, 1787: " M. Lomond has made a remarkable discovery in electricity. You write two or three words on a paper ; he takes it into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer,...
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Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers

Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 372 pages
...to make too hard a thread for certain fabrics, but this forms it loose and spongy. In electricity he has made a remarkable discovery: you write two or...takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball ; a...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1879 - 588 pages
...inventive mechanic, who has made an improvement of the jenny for spinning cotton. In electricity he has made a remarkable discovery. You write two or...takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, — a small fine pith ball...
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