 | 1752 - 696 pagina’s
...wet the kiteand twine, fo that it can conduft the electrie fire freely, you will find it ftream' •& out plentifully from the key on the approach of your...knuckle. At this key the phial may be charged ; and from eleftric fire thus obtained, fpirits may be kindled, and all the other eleclric experiments be performed,... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 pagina’s
...way, and be attracted by ' an approaching finger : And when the rain ' has wet the Kite and Twine, fo that it can ^ conduct the electric fire freely, you will find * it flream out plentifully from the Key on the ' approach of your knuckle. At this Key the f Phial may... | |
 | William Duane - 1811 - 378 pagina’s
...stand out every way, and be '•' attracted by an approaching finger. And when " the rain lias wet the kite and twine, so that " it can conduct the electric...key on " the approach of your knuckle. At this key w the phial may be charged, and from electric " fire- thus obtained, unlewt spirits may be " kindled,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pagina’s
...attracted by an approaching finger. When the rain has wet the kite and twine, so that it can con. duct the electric fire freely, you will find it stream...be charged ; and from electric fire thus obtained spirit? may be kindled, and all the other electrical experiments be per. formed, which are usually... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pagina’s
...attracted by an approaching finger. When the rain has wet the kite and twine, so that it can con. duct the electric fire freely, you will find it stream...plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle. At thie key the phial may be charged ; and from electric fire thus obtained «pir> may be kindled, and... | |
 | T. C. Thornton - 1846 - 268 pagina’s
...the loose filaments of the twine will stand out every way, and be attracted by an approaching finger. When the rain has wetted the kite and twine, so that...electric fire freely, you will find it stream out plentiful from the key, on the approach of your knackle. At this key an electric phial may be charged... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pagina’s
...the kite, with all the twine, will be electrified, and the loose filaments of the twine will standout every way, and be attracted by an approaching finger....key on the approach of your knuckle. At this key the vial may be charged; and from electric fire thus obtained spirits may be kindled, and all the other... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 522 pagina’s
...that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window. As soon as any of the thunder-clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the...key on the approach of your knuckle. At this key the vial may be charged ; and from electric fire thus obtained spirits may be kindled, and all the other... | |
 | William John Johnston - 1880 - 288 pagina’s
...twine will stand out every way, and be attracted by an approaching finger. And when the rain has wet the kite and twine, so that it can conduct the electric...the approach of your knuckle. At this key the phial (Leyden jar) may be charged; and from the electric fire thus obtained spirits may be kindled, and all... | |
 | 1883 - 780 pagina’s
...the kite the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them," . . . " and when the rain has wet the kite and twine so that it can conduct the electric...plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle." It is to be borne in mind that Franklin, in his early letters, uses the term " electric fire " as signifying... | |
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As soon as any of the thunder-clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them, and the kite, with all the twine, will be electrified, and the loose filaments of the twine will stand out every way, and be attracted by... 
