| Arthur Young - Agriculture - 1793 - 710 pages
...fimilar cylinder and electrometer in a diftant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the correfponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate : from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
| Arthur Young - Agriculture - 1794 - 652 pages
...-correfponding motions of the ball, writes down, the words they indicate : from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in theeffeil, a correfpondence might be carried on at any diftance : within and without a befieged town,... | |
| 1794 - 540 pages
...iimilar cylinder and electrometer in a diftant apartment, and his wife, by remarking the correfponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
| England - 1855 - 782 pages
...connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by marking the corresponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
| Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1893 - 1182 pages
...fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions...it appears, he has formed an alphabet of motions." The length of the wire was found to make no difference. At Charenton, near Paris, he sees I'ficole... | |
| Science - 1846 - 438 pages
...fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions...down the words they indicate : from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
| Pharmacy - 1847 - 644 pages
...small pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate . . . the length of the wire makes no difference." This telegraph, however, like most of those which... | |
| Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 1848 - 292 pages
...fine, pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions...down the words they indicate ; from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
| 1849 - 858 pages
...fino fitted ball. A wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer, in a distant apartment, and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions...motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference, a correspondence might bo carried on at a distance — within or without a besieged town, for instance... | |
| 1849 - 604 pages
...small fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment, and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions...down the words they indicate, from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
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