Of optics, magnetism, electricity, & galvanismM. Carey, 1815 - Science |
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... repulsion acting on all bodies ; the elec- tric shock , and the explosion of the battery , will give you pleasure , and excite your ad- miration , CONVERSATION XXVIII . Of Electric Attraction and Repulsion - Of 216 ELECTRICITY .
... repulsion acting on all bodies ; the elec- tric shock , and the explosion of the battery , will give you pleasure , and excite your ad- miration , CONVERSATION XXVIII . Of Electric Attraction and Repulsion - Of 216 ELECTRICITY .
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... Battery . CHARLES . In discharging the jar yes- terday , I observed that when one of the discharging - rods touched the outside of the jar , the flash and report took place before the other end came in contact with the brass wire that ...
... Battery . CHARLES . In discharging the jar yes- terday , I observed that when one of the discharging - rods touched the outside of the jar , the flash and report took place before the other end came in contact with the brass wire that ...
Page 272
... battery ? Tutor . No : the best way is , to bring a chain , or piece of wire , from the conduc- tor to one of the balls on the rods that rest upon the jars ; and then set the machine to work . The electric fluid passes from the ...
... battery ? Tutor . No : the best way is , to bring a chain , or piece of wire , from the conduc- tor to one of the balls on the rods that rest upon the jars ; and then set the machine to work . The electric fluid passes from the ...
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... battery , for fear of an accident , either to yourself , or to spectators . Great caution , however , must Charles ... battery , and even with a battery such as is represented in the plate , which is one of the smallest made ; a shock ...
... battery , for fear of an accident , either to yourself , or to spectators . Great caution , however , must Charles ... battery , and even with a battery such as is represented in the plate , which is one of the smallest made ; a shock ...
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... battery is charged ? Tutor . It will seldom rise so high as 90 ° , because a machine , under the most favour- able circumstances , cannot charge a battery so high , in proportion , as a single jar . You may reckon that a battery is well ...
... battery is charged ? Tutor . It will seldom rise so high as 90 ° , because a machine , under the most favour- able circumstances , cannot charge a battery so high , in proportion , as a single jar . You may reckon that a battery is well ...
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acid angle animals appear attract aurora borealis ball battery body brass bring called candle chain charge Charles colours concave lens concave mirror conducting substance conductor CONVERSATION convex lens copper cylinder diameter discharge diverge ductor earth effect elec electric fluid electrified electrometer excited experiment eye-glass fixed focal distance focus Galvanism glass tube gold gymnotus hand hold humours inches insulated inverted iron James knob knuckle Leyden jar looking-glass magnet magnifying means metals motion natural share needle negative nerve nitric acid object object-glass oxidation paper pass phial piece of silver piece of zinc pith-balls Plate VIII poles position produced quantity rays of light reflected Refracting telescopes refraction repel retina rubber rubbing seen shock side south pole spark stand surface telescope tin foil tion touch tric fluid tricity Tutor Voltaism wire zinc
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Page 54 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 121 - Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion, running from the red To where the violet fades into the sky.
Page 77 - Since c 6 is perpendicular to the glass at *), the angle of incidence is abc ; and as the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence...
Page 11 - How distant some of these nocturnal suns ! So distant (says the sage) 'twere not absurd To doubt if beams, set out at Nature's birth, Are yet arrived at this so foreign world, Though nothing half so rapid as their flight.
Page 33 - A lens is glass ground into such a form, as to collect or disperse the rays of light which pass through it. These are of different shapes, and from thence receive different names.
Page 287 - As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an hour after sun-set, they saw a falling, or as it is sometimes called, a shooting star, directing its course towards them, growing apparently larger and larger, till it disappeared not far from them, and, disappearing, it left their faces, hands, and clothes, with the earth, and neighbouring objects, suddenly illuminated with a diffused and lambent light, attended with no noise at all.
Page 129 - Yes ; the three glasses next the eye having their focal distances equal, the magnifying power is found by dividing the focal distance of the object-glass by the focal distance of one of the eye-glasses.
Page 58 - First the flaming red Sprung vivid forth; the tawny orange next; And next delicious yellow; by whose side Fell the kind beams of all-refreshing green. Then the pure blue, that swells autumnal skies, Ethereal...
Page 291 - Even in the depth of polar night, they find A wondrous day; enough to light the chase, Or guide their daring steps to Finland fairs.
Page 121 - Shoots up immense ; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion running from the red, To where the violet fades into the sky. Here, awful Newton, the dissolving clouds Form, fronting on the sun, thy showery...