 | Peter Mark Roget - 1832 - 324 pages
...possible, he inserted it into a capillary glass tube ; and after heating the tube, so as to make it adhere to the point, and cover it in every part, he gradually...through water by means of a point so guarded, a spark, extending to the distance of one-eighth of an inch, would decompose water when the point exposed did... | |
 | 1832 - 642 pages
...possible, he inserted л into a capillary glass tul>e ; and after heating the tube, so as to make it adhere to the point, and cover it in every part, he gradually...down, till, with a pocket lens, he could discern that tinpoint of the gold was exposed. When sparks from a prime conductor of an electrical machine were... | |
 | 1832 - 642 pages
...possible, he inserted it into a capillary glass tube ; and after heating the tube, so as to make it adhere to the point, and cover it in every part, he gradually...ground it down, till, with a pocket lens, he could disceni that the point of the gold was exposed. When sparks from a prime conductor of an electrical... | |
 | 1842 - 588 pages
...coated several wires in the same manner, and found that when sparks from the conductors before mentioned were made to pass through water by means of a point...decompose water, when the point exposed did not exceed T1§w of an inch in diameter. With another point, which I estimated at t-£ra, a succession of sparks... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1844 - 516 pages
...gold was disclosed. I coated several wires in this manner, and found that when sparks from a conductor were made to pass through water by means of a point...one-eighth of an inch would decompose water, when the point did not exceed ^fa of an inch in diameter. With another point, which I estimated at 73^, a succession... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 570 pages
...gold was disclosed. I coated several wires in this manner, and found that when sparks from a conductor were made to pass through water by means of a point...one-eighth of an inch would decompose water, when the point did not exceed •>%-& of an inch in diameter. With another point, which I estimated at yA'oi a succession... | |
 | Paul Fleury Mottelay - 1922 - 734 pages
...gold was disclosed. I coated several wires in this manner, and found that when sparks from a conductor were made to pass through water by means of a point so guarded, a spark passing to the distance of i of an inch would decompose water, when the point did not exceed ^^ of an inch in diameter. With another... | |
 | 1922 - 734 pages
...gold was disclosed. I coated several wires in this manner, and found that when sparks from a conductor were made to pass through water by means of a point so guarded, a spark passing to the distance of i of an inch would decompose water, when the point did not exceed TJU of an inch in diameter. With... | |
 | 576 pages
...wires in the same manner, and found that when sparks from the conductors before mentioned were mnde (o pass through water by means of a point so guarded,...decompose water, when the point exposed did not exceed 7 ,',,., of an inch in diameter. With another point, which I estimated at ,-fa;, a saccession of sparks... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1801 - 572 pages
...several wires in the same manner, and found, that when sparks from the conductors before mentioned were made to pass through water, by means of a point so guarded, a spark passing to the distance of -|- of an inch would decompose water, when the point exposed did not exceed yi^ of an inch in diameter.... | |
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I coated several wires in the same manner, and found that when sparks from the conductors before mentioned were made to pass through water by means of a point so guarded, a spark passing to the distance of one-eighth of an inch would decompose water,... 
