 In electricity he has made a remarkable discovery; you write two or three words on a paper; he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball; a wire connects...  Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings - Page 4031847Full view - About this book
 | England - 1855 - 782 pages
...machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith-ball ; a wire 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... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Boys - 1833 - 502 pages
...electromoter of pith balls; by means of a wire, a connexion is made with a similar cylinder and electromoter in a distant apartment, and his wife by remarking the corresponding motions of the balls, writes down the words they indicate ; from which it appears that he has formed an Alphabet qf... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1838 - 506 pages
...turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case,' at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball; a wire connects with a similar cylinder...apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motionsof the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears he has formed an alphabet... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1838 - 520 pages
...turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartmen t . and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions of the ball, writes down the words... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1893 - 1182 pages
...turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer or small, fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder...of the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which, it appears, he has formed an alphabet of motions." The length of the wire was found to... | |
 | Science - 1842 - 516 pages
...case, at the top of which is an electrometer of pith balls; by means of a wire, a connexion is made with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant...wife, by remarking the corresponding motions of the balls, writes down the words they indicate ; from which it appears that he lias formed an Alphabet... | |
 | Science - 1846 - 438 pages
...turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder...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... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 1848 - 292 pages
...turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small, fine, pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder...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... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical citse, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder...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 wire makes no difference... | |
 | 1849 - 858 pages
...machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at tho top of which is an electrometer — ¡i fino fitted ball. A wire connects with a similar cylinder and...motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate — from which it appears he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no... | |
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