Alphabet of electricity for the use of beginners / by W. Mullinger Higgins.

  • Higgins, W. Mullinger (William Mullinger)
Date:
1834
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Credit: Alphabet of electricity for the use of beginners / by W. Mullinger Higgins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX. Accumulation, 32 Air Thermometer, 67 Air, insulating- power of, 13 Atmospheric Electricity, 108 Attraction, 9, Aurora Borealis, 112 Bell’s Electrical, 18 Bennet’s Electrometer, 48 Bioton Luminous Appearances, 21 Biot on Distribution, 28 Cause of Thunder, 112 Chemical Effects, 80 Colour of Sparks, 62 Compass, Effect on, 56 Condenser, 51 Conductors, 11 Coulomb on Distribution, 27 Cylindrical Machine, 23 Decomposition of Water, 82 Deflection of Needle, 57 Discharging Rod, 42 Distribution, 27 Dissipation, 15 Effects of Electricity, 3 Electricity, definition of, 1 Electrics, 14 Electrical Agent, 2 Electrical Bells, ] 8 Electrical Orrery, 19 Electrical Light, 20 Electrical Machine, 22 Electrical Battery, 46 Electrophorus, 47 Electroscope, 7 Excitation, 3 Expansion of Fluids, 77 Faraday on Decompositions, 85 Fluids, Expansion of, 77 Franklin’s Experiments, 109 Friction, 1—3 Fusinieri on Electric Lights, 68 Fusion of Wire, 73 Glass tube, Fracture of, 93 Gold leaf Electroscope, 12 Gunpowder, Inflammation of, 80 Heating Effect, 72 Henley’s Quadrant Electrome- ter, 8 Inclined Plane, 19 Induction, 29 Inflammation of Gases, 79 Insulation, 13 Iron, Effects on, 60 Kinncrsley’s Air Thermometer, 67 Kite, Electrical, 110 Lane’s Discharging Electrome- ter, 45 Leyden Jar, 35 Light, Electrical, 20 Lightning, Cause of, 112 Luminous Effects, 61 Machine, Electrical, 22 Magnetic Effects, 54 Mechanical Effects, 97 Medical Electricity, 91 Mercury, Expansion of, 90 Moveable Coatings, 41 Negative Electricity, 6—8 Nitric Acid, Formation of, 81 Non-conductors, 11 Non-electrics, 14 Orrery, Electrical, 19
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