The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Volume 1John Murray, 1831 - Science |
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... poles is broken ; and when brought about by the agency of the amalgam of potassium , the elec- trical action is doubtless excited by the contact of the two dissimilar metals , and the frothy compound lasts no longer than the existence ...
... poles is broken ; and when brought about by the agency of the amalgam of potassium , the elec- trical action is doubtless excited by the contact of the two dissimilar metals , and the frothy compound lasts no longer than the existence ...
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... poles in opposite directions - the one needle in- tended to be above the upper side of the rectangle and the other below it . One end of the glass thread is then to be securely fixed in the end of the straw , or light axis , by means of ...
... poles in opposite directions - the one needle in- tended to be above the upper side of the rectangle and the other below it . One end of the glass thread is then to be securely fixed in the end of the straw , or light axis , by means of ...
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... poles were changed , the contours of the figure remained the same , but the violet light was changed into a faint yellow glare , the intensities of which were also dis- tributed in an inverse manner , viz . , the middle of the field of ...
... poles were changed , the contours of the figure remained the same , but the violet light was changed into a faint yellow glare , the intensities of which were also dis- tributed in an inverse manner , viz . , the middle of the field of ...
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... poles . It has been a problem , whether the water is decomposed under one tube , or the other tube , or at some ... pole beneath the contiguous tube : as this process was going on at the same time under both tubes , it follows that ...
... poles . It has been a problem , whether the water is decomposed under one tube , or the other tube , or at some ... pole beneath the contiguous tube : as this process was going on at the same time under both tubes , it follows that ...
Page 167
... poles , quoting the two currents from each pole as the proof ; but there is no proof that the two currents were not of the same gas , i.e. , both oxygen at the positive and both hydrogen at the negative pole ; and , in fact , that is ...
... poles , quoting the two currents from each pole as the proof ; but there is no proof that the two currents were not of the same gas , i.e. , both oxygen at the positive and both hydrogen at the negative pole ; and , in fact , that is ...
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