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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 602

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A KAINV :.IGHT. ■ -bTKEEr LIGHIHU BV ELECTKICITY. together. Now, holding the cup in the hand,touch the ends of the two wires to the tongue.Again you feel the strange, biting, bitter taste. At one time it was imagined that electricity wasa kind of fluid, like water, and that it could, insome way,… … Tllli ELiiCTKlC LIGHT l.N MADIiUN SQUARE, NEW YORK, ON A CLOUDY EViiMNG. It is better to think that electricity is merelyenergy displaying itself; but no one can tell whatit really is. We can see its light; we can feelit in the hands and arms — as when you toucha Leyden-jar; we can taste it, as you…

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