The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and sciences, Том 8 |
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Стр. 263 - ... to the paper-hangings of the room. He repeated the experiment, and found it would continue hanging near an hour. Having stuck up the black and white stockings in this manner, he came with another pair highly electrified ; and applying the white...
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Стр. 220 - ... and is driven after the first, and so on till the wheel has gone once round, when the thimbles before electrified approaching the wire, instead of being attracted as they were at first, are repelled, and the motion presently ceases. But if another bottle, which had been charged through the coating, be placed near the...