Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 431
... magnet instead of the cylinder , the refults Degrees , gained and fooner loft than with the reft ; and with marine acid the attraction was weakest of all ; which , however , our author imputes to his not being able to raise a fufficient ...
... magnet instead of the cylinder , the refults Degrees , gained and fooner loft than with the reft ; and with marine acid the attraction was weakest of all ; which , however , our author imputes to his not being able to raise a fufficient ...
Page 432
... magnet is weakened ; and when it arrives at that degree called a white heat , it is entirely destroyed . On the other hand , the at- traction is increafed confiderably by adding more and more weight to the magnet : for thus it will be ...
... magnet is weakened ; and when it arrives at that degree called a white heat , it is entirely destroyed . On the other hand , the at- traction is increafed confiderably by adding more and more weight to the magnet : for thus it will be ...
Page 442
... magnet to the other extre- mity of the bar , and the north end of the needle will recede from the bar more and more in proportion as the magnet is brought nearer the bar . If the expe- riment be repeated with the other pole of the magnet ...
... magnet to the other extre- mity of the bar , and the north end of the needle will recede from the bar more and more in proportion as the magnet is brought nearer the bar . If the expe- riment be repeated with the other pole of the magnet ...
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