 | Arthur Young - 1793 - 710 ページ
...fimilar cylinder and electrometer in a diftant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the correfponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate...length of the wire makes no difference in the effect, a correfpondence might be carried on at any. diftance : within and without a beficgcd town, f&r inftance... | |
 | 1794 - 540 ページ
...iimilar cylinder and electrometer in a diftant apartment, and his wife, by remarking the correfponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate,...length of the wire makes no difference in the effect, a correfpondence might be carried on to any diftance — within and without a befieged town for initance... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1794 - 652 ページ
...iîmilar cylinder and electrometer in a dirbmt apartment; and his wife, by remarking the -correfponding motions of the ball, writes down, the words they indicate...motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in theeffeil, a correfpondence might be carried on at any diftance : within and without a befieged town,... | |
 | 1855 - 782 ページ
...connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by marking the corresponding motions of the ball, writes down...correspondence might be carried on at any distance — within and without a besieged town, for instance ; or for a purpose much more worthy, and a thousand times... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1833 - 502 ページ
...indicate ; from which it appears that he has formed an Alphabet qf Motion. As the length of the conducting wire makes no difference in the effect, a correspondence might be carried on at any distance, as for example, within or without a besieged town ; or, for purposes much more interesting and useful.... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1838 - 506 ページ
...remarking the corresponding motionsof the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length...correspondence might be carried on at any distance — within and without a besieged town, for instance — or for a purpose much more worthy , and a. thousand times... | |
 | 1838 - 520 ページ
...remarking the corresponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length...correspondence might be carried on at any distance — within and without a besieged town, for instance — or for a purpose much more worthy, and a thousand times... | |
 | 1846 - 438 ページ
...three words on a paper ; he takes it with him into a room and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small...correspondence might be carried on at any distance. Whatever the use may be, the invention is beautiful." — Athenaeum, No. 930. Improvements. — M.... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 ページ
...paper," says Young: "he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small,...correspondence might be carried on at any distance. Whatever the use may be, the invention is beautiful." This discovery, however, lay unnoticed until... | |
 | 1849 - 604 ページ
...words they indicate, from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of wire makes no difference in the effect, a correspondence...within or without a besieged town, for instance, or for a purpose much more worthy and a thousand times more harmless, between two towns prohibited or prevented... | |
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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 inclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball; a wire... 
