The Intellectual Rise in Electricity: A HistoryLongmans, Green & Company, 1895 - 611 páginas |
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... native hills of the Magnesians . " This , of course , is widely at variance with Pliny's fanciful derivation of the same name . 1Agricola : De Re Metallica , 1556 . Lucretius , however , who wrote many centuries after the.
... native hills of the Magnesians . " This , of course , is widely at variance with Pliny's fanciful derivation of the same name . 1Agricola : De Re Metallica , 1556 . Lucretius , however , who wrote many centuries after the.
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... course , restricting trade and prohibiting the circulation . within her territory of foreigners , whom she regarded as cannibals and pirates . Nevertheless there had come to the outer world , reports of her magnificent cities , her ...
... course , restricting trade and prohibiting the circulation . within her territory of foreigners , whom she regarded as cannibals and pirates . Nevertheless there had come to the outer world , reports of her magnificent cities , her ...
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... course the tourmaline . But to the " lyncurius " or " lyncis " he at- tributes no attractive quality , and he further notes the " ligurius , " which he says is like the electorius and draws straws . " Iolinus ( lib . iii . , Utrecht ...
... course the tourmaline . But to the " lyncurius " or " lyncis " he at- tributes no attractive quality , and he further notes the " ligurius , " which he says is like the electorius and draws straws . " Iolinus ( lib . iii . , Utrecht ...
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... course of time the recurrence of the re- pelling effect of the magnet attracted attention , no concep- tion of polarity resulted . On the contrary , it was for a long time believed that the stone which repelled was a totally different ...
... course of time the recurrence of the re- pelling effect of the magnet attracted attention , no concep- tion of polarity resulted . On the contrary , it was for a long time believed that the stone which repelled was a totally different ...
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... course , no pilot guides , Like man , intelligent they plough the tides , ' 3 might with equal propriety be taken to show the famili- arity of the bard with steam , and possibly electric , propul- sion , or even with the still unsolved ...
... course , no pilot guides , Like man , intelligent they plough the tides , ' 3 might with equal propriety be taken to show the famili- arity of the bard with steam , and possibly electric , propul- sion , or even with the still unsolved ...
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