 Electre or amber, which having the quality, when warmed by friction, of attracting bodies, gave to one species of attraction the name of electricity.  Spanish and English - Page 296by Henry Neuman - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 756 pages
...1,73 -1) I t E upon oatb, to receive the empire upon * ELECTEE, nf \eitdrum^ Lat.] ». An).. ber ; .which, having the quality. when warmed by friction of attracting bodies, .gave to one IBiamditions. The electors have pt<:cederce IMltftxr princes of the empire, even of card i-, . Itndkiogt,... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - English language - 1809 - 552 pages
...trie consort of an _»!<*tor... ._,;..'.. ... ?!ecrro, sm amber, which having the quality, when w?rmed by friction, of attracting bodies, gave to one species of attraction the name of electricity ; also gold mixed with silver. Uectuario, s. m, an electuary. •'.I'v'an'ia, s. f, elephantiasis,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 pages
...i. (from elect«.) The territory of an elector (Addison). ELE'CTRE. i. (elecirum, Lat.) 1 . Ambtr ; which, having the quality when warmed by friction of attracting bodies, gave to onespeciei of attraction the name of electricity, and tg the bodies that so attract the epithet electric.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1824 - 852 pages
...\ns The wife or widow of an ELE'CTRESS. / elector, Burnet. ELE'CTKE. ». s. [electrum, Lat.] Aaiber ; which, having the quality when warmed by friction...one species of attraction the name of electricity; and, to the bodies that so attract, the epithet electrick. A mixed metal. Jiatmi. ELE'CTRICAL.l a.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1828 - 860 pages
...quantity, and determining the quality, of electricity in any electrified body. ELECTRUai, (e-Jek'-trum) ni Amber ; which, having the quality when warmed by friction...one species of attraction the name of electricity ; and, to the bodies that so attract, the epithet electrick: a mixed metal. ELECTUARY, (e-Iek'-tu-a-re)... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 834 pages
...described by Du Cange. ELECTRICITY. ELECTRE, п.». Л Or. ijXtrrpov; Latin, EIE'CTHIC, adj. electrum, amber, which, having the quality when warmed by friction...one species of attraction the name of electricity, and to the bodies ELE'CTRICAL, ELECTRI'CIAN, ns Et ECTRI'CITT, ELE'CTBIPT, rj. a. ELE'CTRISE, va ELECTBo'METER.n.... | |
 | Henry Neumann, Giuseppe Baretti - English language - 1839 - 792 pages
...communicate or impart electricity. EL£CTRO, sm. 1 . Electre or amber, which having the quality, when warnrcd by friction, of attracting bodies, gave to one species...and one of silver, of much value among the ancients. KI.II tin'iMi i mi. sm. Electrometer, instrument to measure electricity. ELECTDARIO, rm. Electuary,... | |
 | William Bolles - English language - 1845 - 954 pages
...or widow ELECTRESS. e-likt-res, n. J of an elector. ELECTRE, «-lekt-or, n. Amber, which, having tha quality when warmed by friction of attracting bodies,...one species of attraction the name of electricity: and, to the bodies that so attract, the epithet r/crlric. A mixed metal ELECTRIC. 4-U'k'trtk, n. Any... | |
 | James Knowles - English language - 1851 - 818 pages
...e-lekUir-es, n.lThe wife or widow ELECTRESS, e-lekUres, «. / of an elector. ELECTRE, e-tfkt-flr, n. Amber ; which, having the quality when warmed by friction...one species of attraction the name of electricity : and, to the bodies that so attract, the epithet e!'itri,-h. A mineral metal. ELECTRIC, f-lekitrlk,... | |
 | English language - 1854 - 916 pages
...to communicate or impart electric'1)' 2. To fill with enthusiasm. — rr. To electri* Electro, tm, \ Electre or amber, which having the quality, when warmed by friction, of »'• trading bodies, gave to one species of »ttw tion the name of electricity. '2. Klecttv. » mixed... | |
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