Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 573
... piece of ex- cited glafs , but attracted by excited fealing wax . The electrometer which touched the conductor in a will be attracted by excited glafs , and repelled by excited feal- ing wax . The contrary will be obferved if the conduc ...
... piece of ex- cited glafs , but attracted by excited fealing wax . The electrometer which touched the conductor in a will be attracted by excited glafs , and repelled by excited feal- ing wax . The contrary will be obferved if the conduc ...
Page 682
... piece of zinc be applied to the tongue , and be in contact with a piece of filver which touches any part of the lining of the mouth , noftrils , ear , ure- thra , or anus , the sensation resembling tafte is felt on the tongue . If the ...
... piece of zinc be applied to the tongue , and be in contact with a piece of filver which touches any part of the lining of the mouth , noftrils , ear , ure- thra , or anus , the sensation resembling tafte is felt on the tongue . If the ...
Page 803
... piece of of an inch in diame . ter , and perfectly round , and we íqueezed it on the other by a measured preffure , till we produced a colour lefs fpot of nearly 4th of an inch in diameter , with a filvery margin . Computing from this ...
... piece of of an inch in diame . ter , and perfectly round , and we íqueezed it on the other by a measured preffure , till we produced a colour lefs fpot of nearly 4th of an inch in diameter , with a filvery margin . Computing from this ...
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