The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas Browne. Supplementary memoir by the editor. Mrs. Lyttleton's communication to Bishop Kennet. Pseudodoxia epidemica, books I-IVH. G. Bohn, 1852 |
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Page xvii
... needles , by which , suspended over a circular alphabet , distant friends or lovers might correspond , he procured two such alphabets to be made , touched his needles with the same magnet , and placed them upon proper spindles : the ...
... needles , by which , suspended over a circular alphabet , distant friends or lovers might correspond , he procured two such alphabets to be made , touched his needles with the same magnet , and placed them upon proper spindles : the ...
Page 100
... needle freely placed : —which is a declarement of very different parts , wherein we shall not enlarge , as having dis- coursed concerning such bodies in the chapter of electrics . They are differenced by supernatation or floating upon ...
... needle freely placed : —which is a declarement of very different parts , wherein we shall not enlarge , as having dis- coursed concerning such bodies in the chapter of electrics . They are differenced by supernatation or floating upon ...
Page 112
... needle , after disturbance , returns to its original direction , to the magnetic north and south , by the force of terrestrial magnetism acting upon it.-Br. situation . And such a magnetical virtue we conceive to 112 [ BOOK I CONCERNING ...
... needle , after disturbance , returns to its original direction , to the magnetic north and south , by the force of terrestrial magnetism acting upon it.-Br. situation . And such a magnetical virtue we conceive to 112 [ BOOK I CONCERNING ...
Page 115
... needles , which had , in reality , become magnetic , although they might not have been actu- ally " excited by the loadstone . " As an observation that the magnetic virtue is possessed by bodies which have not been so excited , it is ...
... needles , which had , in reality , become magnetic , although they might not have been actu- ally " excited by the loadstone . " As an observation that the magnetic virtue is possessed by bodies which have not been so excited , it is ...
Page 116
... needle , and ascertaining their attractive effect upon the horizontal or common magnetic needle previously to the application of heat . As soon as the bars arrived at a high blood - red heat , they began to exercise an in- creased power ...
... needle , and ascertaining their attractive effect upon the horizontal or common magnetic needle previously to the application of heat . As soon as the bars arrived at a high blood - red heat , they began to exercise an in- creased power ...
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