 ... is taken away, it throws out a pencil of flame so long, that with this burning machine in my hand, I have taken above sixty steps in walking about my room. When it is electrified strongly, I can take it into another room, and there fire spirits of...  The Panorama of Science, Or Guide to Knowledge - Page 189by George Grant - 1852Full view - About this book
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 942 pages
...take it into another room, and there fire spirits of wine with it. If, while it is electrifying, I pnt my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand,...electrified much stronger by this means than in the common wny. When I present this phial and nail to a tin tube, which I have fifteen feet long, nothing but... | |
 | William Enfield (M.A.) - Amusements - 1821 - 302 pages
...finger, or a piece of gold which you hold in your hand, to the nail, you receive a shock which stuns your arms and shoulders. A tin tube, or a man placed upon...stronger by this means than in the common way. When you present this phial and nail to a tin tube, fifteen feet long, nothing but experience can make a... | |
 | John Imison - Art - 1822 - 528 pages
...take it into another room, and there fire " spirits of wine with it. If, while it is electrify" ing, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I " hold in...receive a shock " which stuns my arms and shoulders." This description of the experiment was so imperfect, that it did not succeed with those to whom he... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...it into another room, and there set spirits of wine on fire with it. If, while it is electrifying, I put my finger or a piece of gold, which I hold in...receive a shock which stuns my arms and shoulders." This method of communicating the electric power, received the name of the Leyden Phial, from having... | |
 | Fireworks - 1839 - 230 pages
...finger, or a piece f gold which you hold in your hand, to the nail, you reeive a shock which stuns your arms and shoulders. A tin tube, or a man placed upon electrics, is electrified nuch stronger by these means than in the commen way. Vhen you present this phial and nail it to a tin... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Astronomy - 1844 - 370 pages
...strongly, I can take it into another room, and fire spirit of wine with it. If, while it is electrifying, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in...way. When I present this phial and nail to a tin tube fifteen feet long, nothing but experience can make a person believe how strongly it is electrified."... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Children's literature - 1852 - 372 pages
...strongly, I can take it into another room, and fire spirit of wine with it. If, while it is electrifying, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in...way. When I present this phial and nail to a tin tube fifteen feet long, nothing but experience can make a person believe how strongly it is electrified."... | |
 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - Electric conduits - 1853 - 210 pages
...take it into another room, and there fire spirits of wine with it. If, whilst it is electrifying, I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in...a man, placed upon electrics, is electrified much more strongly by this means than in the common way. When I present this phial and nail to a tin tube... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - Electricity - 1855 - 574 pages
...can take it into another room, and then fire spirits of wine with it. If while it is electrifying I put my finger or a piece of gold which I hold in my...receive a shock which stuns my arms and shoulders." In describing the effect produced on himself by taking the shock from a thin glass bowl, Muschenbroek... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - Electricity - 1855 - 570 pages
...can take it into another room, and then fire spirits of wine with it. If while it is electrifying I put my finger or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand to the nail, 1 receive a shock which stuns my arms and shoulders." In describing the effect produced on himself... | |
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