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The intellectual rise in electricity; a history (1895)

Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 538

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cherches sur lesCauses Particulieres des Phenomenes Electriques. Paris, 1749. Theglass globe being set in rapid rotation is electrically excited by the pres-sure of the hands against it, and the electrification passes from globe tochain and thence to the conducting rods, and exhausted flasks.… … ABBE NOEEETS EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRIFYING ANIMAES ANDVEGETABLES.1 1 Reproduced in reduced fac simile from Nollets Recherches sur lesCauses Particulieres des Phenomenes £lectriques. Paris, 1749. Thehand on the right holds a vessel of water, which trickles slowly from thespouts turned away from the…

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