The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 8Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... Leyden phial were first ob- served . This discovery was merely accidental ... Leyden , who was one of the party when the pro- fessor made the experiment ... Jar , who ob- tained a livelihood by administering the electri- cal shock ...
... Leyden phial were first ob- served . This discovery was merely accidental ... Leyden , who was one of the party when the pro- fessor made the experiment ... Jar , who ob- tained a livelihood by administering the electri- cal shock ...
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... Leyden jar , or phial : its construc- tion has already been in some measure described , but it may be necessary still further to explain it , and to make some remarks on the principle of its action . 123. The Leyden Jar in whatever form ...
... Leyden jar , or phial : its construc- tion has already been in some measure described , but it may be necessary still further to explain it , and to make some remarks on the principle of its action . 123. The Leyden Jar in whatever form ...
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... Leyden jar is that repre- sented at fig . 9. It is coated on the inside and also on the outside with tin - foil to within two inches and a half of the top . With the inside coating a wire is connected which rises through a lid of baked ...
... Leyden jar is that repre- sented at fig . 9. It is coated on the inside and also on the outside with tin - foil to within two inches and a half of the top . With the inside coating a wire is connected which rises through a lid of baked ...
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... jar can easily re- ceive by the number 10 , we ought not to com- bine such a jar in a battery with another whose ... Leyden jar should be clean and dry ; but this must be understood with some limitation , as if it be perfectly clean and ...
... jar can easily re- ceive by the number 10 , we ought not to com- bine such a jar in a battery with another whose ... Leyden jar should be clean and dry ; but this must be understood with some limitation , as if it be perfectly clean and ...
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... Leyden jar . To the upper part of the stem , a graduated ivory semicircle is fixed , about the middle of which is a brass arm or cock , to support the axis of the index . The index consists of a very slender rod , which reaches from the ...
... Leyden jar . To the upper part of the stem , a graduated ivory semicircle is fixed , about the middle of which is a brass arm or cock , to support the axis of the index . The index consists of a very slender rod , which reaches from the ...
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