The elements of natural philosophy : copiously illustrated by familiar experiments and containing descriptions of instruments, with directions for using : designed for the use of schools and academies (1856)
Sprague, A. W. (Alfred White), 1821-1891 · Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company · leaf 198
ommunication between the outside coating andthe earth. The electricity, as it distributes it-self over the inside of the jar, w^ill present oneseries of illuminations, and, as the same is re-pelled from the outside, another; and, thusconstantly leaping across the insulated spaces,will render the… … Give the experiment with the Diamond Jar. What is said of the passage ofelectricity through rarefied air ? Give Experiment a, with the spotted tube. ELECTRIC ILLUMINATION. 193 Fig. 163.
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