 | Leonhard Euler, Sir David Brewster - 1833 - 486 pages
...imaginations of many person! were highly wrought upon by them. Muschenbroeck asserted, it is said, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France.—Am. t" Such an effect as the author alludes to is not In the least degree probWe.-jLM.Bd.... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1835 - 374 pages
...that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France." M. Winkler, of Leipsic,... | |
 | Leonhard Euler - 1837 - 452 pages
...imaginations of many persons were hifrnly wrought upon by them. Muschenbroeck asserted, it fa said, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France.— Am. Ed. LETTER XXXI. Electrization of Men and Animals. As electricity may be communicated from glass... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1842 - 384 pages
...that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France." M. Winkler, of Leipzic,... | |
 | 1843 - 404 pages
...breath, and that it was two days before he recovered from the eflects of the blow and fright ; adding that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France. (As to the effects of the fright there is no reason to doubt.) In another, it is said tc, have produced... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1844 - 512 pages
...Reaumer, that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror," adding, "he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France." M. Allamand, on taking a shock,... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1846 - 454 pages
...that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France." M. Winkler, of Leipzic,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 664 pages
...states, that "he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror." He declared, that " he would not take a second shock for the whole kingdom of France." Nor was Muschenbroek... | |
 | Alfred Smee - 1849 - 220 pages
...Keaumur, that he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulder, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and terror, and that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France. Various accounts are given... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...of the Professor, who, in writing to Reaumer, a few days after, describing it and its results, says that he would not " take a second shock for the kingdom of France." Dr. Watson took up the suggestions of the Leyden experimenters and greatly amplified them. With the... | |
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Leyden, of much eminence, said that "he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would not take a second... 
