Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- ERRATA
- A POPULAR VIEW OF THE PHENOMENA OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I ON ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES ESSENTIAL TO THEIR PRODUCTION
- PART II OF THE MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENCIES OF ELECTRICITY
- PART III NATURAL AGENCIES OF ELECTRICITY
- PART IV VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY
- APPENDIX VARIOUS ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. —EXPERIMENTS ON THE ELECTRICAL EFFECTS EVINCED AFTER THE CONTACT OF DIFFERENT BODIES
- Mr. De Luc's experiments on the effects of friction
- CONDUCTING POWER
- Iufluence of heat on conducting power.—Preparation of amalgam
- Demonstration of the various intensity exhibited by different parts of the same electrified conductor
- Proper materials for an electrical battery
- Variation of the experiment on the motion of a pith-ball
- Variation of Mr. Symmer's experiment on the perforation of paper by electricity
- Preparation of electrical cements
- Experiments on the electrical effects exhibited by various substances after their mutual contact
- Medical application of Voltaic electricity
- Action of the sun's rays on the electric column
- Production of the electrical oxides
- Plate Section
Mr. De Luc's experiments on the effects of friction
from APPENDIX - VARIOUS ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. —EXPERIMENTS ON THE ELECTRICAL EFFECTS EVINCED AFTER THE CONTACT OF DIFFERENT BODIES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- ERRATA
- A POPULAR VIEW OF THE PHENOMENA OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I ON ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES ESSENTIAL TO THEIR PRODUCTION
- PART II OF THE MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENCIES OF ELECTRICITY
- PART III NATURAL AGENCIES OF ELECTRICITY
- PART IV VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY
- APPENDIX VARIOUS ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. —EXPERIMENTS ON THE ELECTRICAL EFFECTS EVINCED AFTER THE CONTACT OF DIFFERENT BODIES
- Mr. De Luc's experiments on the effects of friction
- CONDUCTING POWER
- Iufluence of heat on conducting power.—Preparation of amalgam
- Demonstration of the various intensity exhibited by different parts of the same electrified conductor
- Proper materials for an electrical battery
- Variation of the experiment on the motion of a pith-ball
- Variation of Mr. Symmer's experiment on the perforation of paper by electricity
- Preparation of electrical cements
- Experiments on the electrical effects exhibited by various substances after their mutual contact
- Medical application of Voltaic electricity
- Action of the sun's rays on the electric column
- Production of the electrical oxides
- Plate Section
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