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... electrum , amber , which , ELECTRICAL , having the quality when ELECTRICIAN , n . s . warmed by friction of ELECTRICITY , attracting bodies , gave ELECTRIFY , v . a . to one species of attrac- ELECTRISE , v . a . tion the name of elec ...
... electrum , amber , which , ELECTRICAL , having the quality when ELECTRICIAN , n . s . warmed by friction of ELECTRICITY , attracting bodies , gave ELECTRIFY , v . a . to one species of attrac- ELECTRISE , v . a . tion the name of elec ...
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... electrum , and that hence arose the word electricity . Those who entertain this opinion , would derive the name from the Greek verb eλw to draw ; but this appears to us to be a very forced derivation , since amber was doubtless called ...
... electrum , and that hence arose the word electricity . Those who entertain this opinion , would derive the name from the Greek verb eλw to draw ; but this appears to us to be a very forced derivation , since amber was doubtless called ...
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... netised needle , 416. M. Prechtl's experimental illustration of the effects of a , 465 . ZAMBONI , his galvanic pile , 99. To restore its ac tion , 166 . ELECTRUM , Gr . ŋλerтpov . Amber : mixed metal 160 ELECTRO - MAGNETISM .
... netised needle , 416. M. Prechtl's experimental illustration of the effects of a , 465 . ZAMBONI , his galvanic pile , 99. To restore its ac tion , 166 . ELECTRUM , Gr . ŋλerтpov . Amber : mixed metal 160 ELECTRO - MAGNETISM .
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... ELECTRUM , Lat . " HλEKTρov , Gr . Electrum , according to Ovid , was that resinous substance now called amber ; of which there are two kinds , the white and the yellow . Sometimes its color approaches to a hyacinthine red . Also ...
... ELECTRUM , Lat . " HλEKTρov , Gr . Electrum , according to Ovid , was that resinous substance now called amber ; of which there are two kinds , the white and the yellow . Sometimes its color approaches to a hyacinthine red . Also ...
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... electrum , or argenti- ferous gold , in different parts , widely diffused , and in small quantity . Spain and Greece were both famous for this metal in the ancient world . At present it is wrought only in the Alps , the Carpathian , and ...
... electrum , or argenti- ferous gold , in different parts , widely diffused , and in small quantity . Spain and Greece were both famous for this metal in the ancient world . At present it is wrought only in the Alps , the Carpathian , and ...
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