Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- THE PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY
- PART II A SERIES OF PROPOSITIONS, COMPRISING ALL THE GENERAL PROPERTIES OP ELECTRICITY
- PART III THEORIES OF ELECTRICITY
- PART IV DESIDERATA IN THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRICITY, AND HINTS FOR THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF IT
- PART V OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES, AND THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF AN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
- PART VI PRACTICAL MAXIMS FOR THE USE OF YOUNG ELECTRICIANS
- PART VII A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED BY ELECTRICITY
- PART VIII NEW EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY, MADE IN THE YEAR 1766
- SEC. I Experiments on excitation, particularly of tubes in which air is condensed, and of large glass globes
- SEC. II Experiments which prove a current of air from the points of bodies electrified either positively or negatively
- SEC. III Experiments on Mephitic Air, and Charcoal
- SEC. IV Experiments on the conducting power of various substances
- SEC. V Experiments on the diffusion of electricity over the surfaces of glass tubes, containing a new method of giving the electric shock
- SEC. VI Experiments to verify several particulars of Signior Beccaria's theory of electricity; particularly concerning the electric matter carrying into its path light substances to assist its passage
- SEC. VII Various experiments relating to charging and discharging glass jars and batteries
- SEC. VIII Experiments on animals
- SEC. IX Experiments on the circular spots made on pieces of metal by large electrical explosions
- SEC. X Experiments on the effects of the electrical explosion discharged through a brass chain, and other metallic substances
- SEC. XI Experiments on the passage of the electrical explosion over the surface of some conducting substances, without entering them
- SEC. XII Experiments on the tourmalin
- SEC. XIII Miscellaneous experiments
- ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
- A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT OF ELECTRICITY, EXCLUSIVE OF PAPERS IN BOOKS OF PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, AND OTHER. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS; DISTINGUISHING [BY ASTERISMS] THOSE WHICH THE AUTHOR HAD SEEN, AND MADE USE OF IN COMPILING THIS WORK
- AN INDEX OF THINGS
- AN INDEX OF NAMES
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- A short account of a CHART OF BIOGRAPHY
SEC. I - Experiments on excitation, particularly of tubes in which air is condensed, and of large glass globes
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- THE PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY
- PART II A SERIES OF PROPOSITIONS, COMPRISING ALL THE GENERAL PROPERTIES OP ELECTRICITY
- PART III THEORIES OF ELECTRICITY
- PART IV DESIDERATA IN THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRICITY, AND HINTS FOR THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF IT
- PART V OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES, AND THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF AN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
- PART VI PRACTICAL MAXIMS FOR THE USE OF YOUNG ELECTRICIANS
- PART VII A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED BY ELECTRICITY
- PART VIII NEW EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY, MADE IN THE YEAR 1766
- SEC. I Experiments on excitation, particularly of tubes in which air is condensed, and of large glass globes
- SEC. II Experiments which prove a current of air from the points of bodies electrified either positively or negatively
- SEC. III Experiments on Mephitic Air, and Charcoal
- SEC. IV Experiments on the conducting power of various substances
- SEC. V Experiments on the diffusion of electricity over the surfaces of glass tubes, containing a new method of giving the electric shock
- SEC. VI Experiments to verify several particulars of Signior Beccaria's theory of electricity; particularly concerning the electric matter carrying into its path light substances to assist its passage
- SEC. VII Various experiments relating to charging and discharging glass jars and batteries
- SEC. VIII Experiments on animals
- SEC. IX Experiments on the circular spots made on pieces of metal by large electrical explosions
- SEC. X Experiments on the effects of the electrical explosion discharged through a brass chain, and other metallic substances
- SEC. XI Experiments on the passage of the electrical explosion over the surface of some conducting substances, without entering them
- SEC. XII Experiments on the tourmalin
- SEC. XIII Miscellaneous experiments
- ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
- A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT OF ELECTRICITY, EXCLUSIVE OF PAPERS IN BOOKS OF PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, AND OTHER. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS; DISTINGUISHING [BY ASTERISMS] THOSE WHICH THE AUTHOR HAD SEEN, AND MADE USE OF IN COMPILING THIS WORK
- AN INDEX OF THINGS
- AN INDEX OF NAMES
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- A short account of a CHART OF BIOGRAPHY
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- The History and Present State of ElectricityWith Original Experiments, pp. 581 - 590Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1767