On the heating effects of electricity and magnetism / W.R. Grove.

  • William Robert Grove
Date:
[1852]
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Credit: On the heating effects of electricity and magnetism / W.R. Grove. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    prejudice, is the characteristic of American Naval Architecture and Nautical Practice. Disbelief in the power of prejudice and the virtue of routine is the principle which this example inculcates; and if it lead us to believe in science and our own judgment, and to emancipate ourselves from the trammels of prejudice grown old under unwise laws, and to cease from building ships by Acts of Parliament and Club laws, the recent victory of the America and the present victory of American Packet-ships will prove to have been benefits in disguise. fl S I? t In the Library, were exhibited :— Model of the Yacht “ America.” [Exhibited by Mr. Scott Russell.] Model of Apparatus for enabling a Ship’s Company to take to the Boats simultaneously, and for the rapid disembarkation of Troops, by Julius Jeffreys, Esq. F.R.S., M.R.I., and Model of a Safety Boat Sling for a similar purpose, by Mr. Landells. Model of a Brig with Revolving Masts, &c. — and Sculptured Windows from Akbar’s Palace. [From United Service Institution.] Models of Bones of Iguanodon, &c. and Impression of Labyrintho- don. [Exhibited by Mr. Tennant.] Printing in Colours : L’Allegro, II Penseroso, and View of Notting- ham. —Portrait of a Child; and Walter and Jane, in Water Colours. — Portrait of Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P., in Crayons, — by Mr. C. B. Leighton. Talbotype Portraits by Messrs. Henneman and Co. Specimen of Pearl Enamelled Glass, and Jewelled Papier Mache. [Exhibited by Messrs. Allen.] i Crozier, carved in wood, by Mr. W. Rogers. Microscope by Mr. Varley. The Duke of Northumberland, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. W. R. Grove, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., On the Heating Effects of Electricity and Magnetism. n the early periods of philosophy when any unusual phenomenon ttracted the attention of thinking men it was frequently referred to preternatural or spiritual cause ; thus with regard to the subject bout to be discussed, when the attraction of light substances by iibbed amber was first observed, Thales referred it to a soul or liritual power possessed by the amber. WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, Friday, February 13.