 Leyden, of much eminence, said that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would not take a second...  THE MONTHLY REVIEW; OR, JOURNAL: - Page 101by SEVERAL HANDS - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...Reaumur in a letter wrote foon after the experiment, That he felt himfelf (truck in his arms, Qioulder, and bread, fo that he loft his breath ; and was two days before he recovered from the effVéts of the blow and at Leiplic, that if odoriferous fubltances were confined in glafs vriTels,... | |
 | Augustus Brevoort Woodward - Sun - 1801 - 96 pages
...of it in a letter to Reaumur of France, fays that it occafioned the lofs of his breath ; and that it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow, and the terror. He added that he could not be induced to receive a fecond fhock, for the whole kingdom of France. This... | |
 | William Enfield - Astronomy - 1811 - 476 pages
...after the experiment, that he felt hims. If struck in his arms, shoulder, and breast, so thnt he lost his breath ; and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow nnd the terror. He added, that he would not take a second shock for the whole kingdom of France. M.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 766 pages
...letter wrote foon after the experiment, That he felt himfelf ftruck in his arms, iheulder, and breaft, fo that he loft his breath ; and was two days before he recovered frou Lhe effects of the blow, and the terror. He added, that he would not take a ad dock for the whole... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 418 pages
...after the experiment, that he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from...and. the terror. He adds, that he would not take a se-. F5 cond shock for the kingdom of France.' — Other electricians have described the same terrors... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 pages
...that he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulder, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and vva« two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror. He added, that he would not take a second shock for the whole kingdom of France. Mr. Allamand, who made... | |
 | John Imison - Art - 1822 - 528 pages
...the experiment, says, that he felt himself struck in his aims, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from...and the terror. He adds, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France. Many other accounts equally extraordinary were published. Such... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 682 pages
...that he felt himself so struck in his arms, breast, and shoulders, that he lost his breath ; that he was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow, and the terror ; and that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France. Another, after trying the shock... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 834 pages
...the experiment, that he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulder, and breast, so that he lost Ыч breath; and was two days before he recovered from the effects of th« blow, and the terror. He added, that he would not take a second shock for the whole kingdom of... | |
 | George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1830 - 384 pages
...Reaumur, in a letter, that he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulder, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow, and the terror which this unexpected result produced. He added that he would not receive a second ihock for the whole... | |
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