The Intellectual Rise in Electricity: A HistoryLongmans, Green & Company, 1895 - 611 páginas |
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... was looked upon as a strange inanimate substance which could influence or even draw to itself other things ; and this by its own apparent capacity , and not through INTRODUCTION . 13 any mechanical bond or connection extending from ( 12 )
... was looked upon as a strange inanimate substance which could influence or even draw to itself other things ; and this by its own apparent capacity , and not through INTRODUCTION . 13 any mechanical bond or connection extending from ( 12 )
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... influences - was the attractive power of the lodestone . And thus it came about that the mystery of the magnet gave the first impetus to philosophic thought . Aristotle reports the sayings of Thales only by hearsay , and then with ...
... influences - was the attractive power of the lodestone . And thus it came about that the mystery of the magnet gave the first impetus to philosophic thought . Aristotle reports the sayings of Thales only by hearsay , and then with ...
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... influenced . If the tradition of the Syrian women is older than the time of Thales , it may be presumed that the amber attrac- tion was not unfamiliar to him ; otherwise I have encoun- tered no direct evidence of earlier knowledge of it ...
... influenced . If the tradition of the Syrian women is older than the time of Thales , it may be presumed that the amber attrac- tion was not unfamiliar to him ; otherwise I have encoun- tered no direct evidence of earlier knowledge of it ...
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... influence of the stone upon the iron , merely placed in its neighborhood - or , as we now say , in its " field of force " and not in contact with it . He is describing the turning of the ring , so as first to pre- sent one pole to the ...
... influence of the stone upon the iron , merely placed in its neighborhood - or , as we now say , in its " field of force " and not in contact with it . He is describing the turning of the ring , so as first to pre- sent one pole to the ...
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... influenced is the guardian deity of his vessel . From the actual Chinese records we have now found that the legends of south - pointing chariots antedating the Christian Era are probably mythical . No reference to the lodestone appears ...
... influenced is the guardian deity of his vessel . From the actual Chinese records we have now found that the legends of south - pointing chariots antedating the Christian Era are probably mythical . No reference to the lodestone appears ...
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amber ancient appears Arabs Aristotle asserts attractive power Bacon became believed bodies Boyle Cabæus Cardan cause century Chinese compass needle Descartes direction discovery doctrine draw earth effect Egyptian electric electrified Etruscans existence experiments fact field of force followed Fracastorio Galileo Gilbert glass globe Greek Guericke hand heat heavens hence Hist hypothesis induction invention iron Klaproth knowledge known learned light lodestone London Lucretius magnetic attraction magnetite matter ment merely metal modern motion moved nature navigation Neckam netic north pole observed Olaus Magnus original Paracelsus Peregrinus phenomena philosophers physical polarity Pole star Porta probably Ptolemy reason regarded repelled ring Robert Boyle Robert Hooke Royal rubbed Samothrace Sarpi says ships sphere stone substance terrella Thales Theophrastus theory things tion treatise tube turn variation vessel virtue voyages William Gilbert writing
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