 | 284 pages
...which he included in a letter to Dr. Lining dated 18 March 1755, which read: "Nov. 7, 1749. Electrical fluid agrees with lightning in these particulars :...lightning. — But since they agree in all the particulars wherein we can already compare them, is it not probable they agree likewise in this? Let the experiment... | |
 | United States - 1899 - 816 pages
...through; (9) destroying animals; (10) melting metals; (11) firing inflammable substances; (12) sulphurous smell. The electric fluid is attracted by points;...lightning. But since they agree in all the particulars wherein we can already compare them, is it not probable that they agree likewise in this T Let the... | |
 | Indiana Academy of Science - Science - 1897 - 1116 pages
...through: (!)) Destroying animals; (10) Melting metals; (11) Firing inflammable substances; (12) Sulphurous smell. The electric fluid is attracted by points;...lightning, but since they agree in all the particulars wherein we can already compare them, is it not probable they agree likewise in this? Let the experiment... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1907 - 460 pages
...the matter could not be finally settled without an appeal to experiment; and accordingly he adds : " The electric fluid is attracted by points ; we do...lightning. But since they agree in all the particulars wherein we can already compare them, is it not probable that they agree likewise in this? Let the experiment... | |
 | 500 pages
...1749; after enumerating several analogies between lightning and the ordinary electric flash he adds : " The electric fluid is attracted by points ; we do...lightning ; but since they agree in all the particulars wherein we can already compare them, is it not probable that they agree likewise in this? Let the experiment... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - Electronic journals - 1906 - 652 pages
...Melting metals, n. Firing in'flammable substances. 12. Sulphureous smell. * * * The electric fluid 'it attracted by points. * * * We do not know whether...* * * But since they agree in all the particulars wherein 'we can already compare them, is it not probable they agree likewise in 'this? * * * Let the... | |
 | Basil John Mason - Cloud physics - 1962 - 184 pages
...and commented upon their similarity to the lightning discharge. He went on to add: 'The electrical fluid is attracted by points. We do not know whether...property is in lightning. But since they agree in all particulars wherein we can already compare them, is it not probable that they agree likewise in this?... | |
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Firing inflammable substances. 12. Sulphureous "smell. The electric fluid is attracted by points. "We do not know whether this property is in lightning. " But since they agree in all the particulars wherein "we can already compare them, is it not probable... 
