Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 74
one day, justas a thunder-shower was coming, and sent up hiskite. The lightning ran down the kite-string andgave him a tiny spark from a key tied to the string.That was a famous experiment, for it proved thatlightning and electricity were the same thing. From Faradays experiment we learn that a… … DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES, WORKED BY STEAM, AND PRODUCING MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY. [SEE PAGE 570.] flame is so hot that it will burn up hard metals,like platinum, or tough stones, like diamonds.The gnomes never did anything like that, and, ifthey could do it, they never said so, or never tookthe trouble…
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