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New experiments on electricity, wherein the causes of thunder and lightning as well as the constant state of positive or negative electricity in the air or clouds, are explained ... Also a description of a doubler of electricity, and of the most sensible electrometer yet constructed. With other new experiments and discoveries in the science .. (1789)

Bennet, A. (Abraham), 1750-1799 · Derby [Eng.] Printed by J. Drewry · leaf 84

An illustration from New experiments on electricity, wherein the causes of thunder and lightning as well as the constant state of positive or negative electricity in the air or clouds, are explained ... Also a description of a doubler of electricity, and of the most sensible electrometer yet constructed. With other new experiments and discoveries in the science .., 1789, leaf 84
s blood was dropped upon the hotiron, which produced pofitive eledricity. EXPERIMENT XLVII. A hollow piece of bell metal about an inch thickjand three inches diameter, was caft on purpofe torepeat thefe experiments upon, moft of which wereagain tried, but wii-h no remarkable difference, ex-cept… … ON ELECTRICITY. 69 EXPERIMENT XLVIII.Vinegar produced no eledlricity when droppedupon the hot bell metal, till water was added to theburnt refiduum, which caufed a ftrong pofitive re-pulfion. EXPERIMENT XLIX. The bell metal was at laft made too hot andtherefore broke to pieces as it was taken out…

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