The book of philosophical experiments, illustrating the principal facts and curious phenomena of electricity, galvanism, magnetism, optics, chemistry, heat, etc., with introductory observations of each science, and upwards of 300 experiments (1839)
Dalton, J. S. (John S.) · New York : [s.n.] · leaf 5
against the bottle with the hand, it will cause themachine to work better; and before it is used, itshould be held before the fire for a minute or two,in order that the bottle may be perfectly dry, asmoisture conducts the electricity away. This isthe reason why many experiments, which suc-ceed on a…
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