The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged: With Memories of His Early Life, Volume 1 |
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Page 107
... electricity and lightning , and knowing the power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fire silently and imperceptibly , he sug- gested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being ...
... electricity and lightning , and knowing the power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fire silently and imperceptibly , he sug- gested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being ...
Page 171
... electrical fire . For example , Place an iron shot of three or four inches diameter on the mouth of a clean dry glass bottle . By a fine silken thread from the cieling , right over the mouth of the bottle , suspend a small cork - ball ...
... electrical fire . For example , Place an iron shot of three or four inches diameter on the mouth of a clean dry glass bottle . By a fine silken thread from the cieling , right over the mouth of the bottle , suspend a small cork - ball ...
Page 172
... electricity than sealing - wax . To shew that points will throw off * as well as draw off the electrical fire ; lay a long sharp needle upon the shot , and you cannot electrise the shot so as to make it repel the cork - ball .--- Or fix ...
... electricity than sealing - wax . To shew that points will throw off * as well as draw off the electrical fire ; lay a long sharp needle upon the shot , and you cannot electrise the shot so as to make it repel the cork - ball .--- Or fix ...
Page 173
... fire - light and sun - light is another thing that seems new and extraordinary to us * . We had for some time been of opinion , that the electrical fire was not created by friction , but collected , being really an element diffused ...
... fire - light and sun - light is another thing that seems new and extraordinary to us * . We had for some time been of opinion , that the electrical fire was not created by friction , but collected , being really an element diffused ...
Page 175
... electrical fire is a com- mon element , of which every one of the three persons abovementioned has his equal share , before any opera- tion is begun with the tube . A , who stands on wax and rubs the tube , collects the electrical fire ...
... electrical fire is a com- mon element , of which every one of the three persons abovementioned has his equal share , before any opera- tion is begun with the tube . A , who stands on wax and rubs the tube , collects the electrical fire ...
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