 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1844 - 488 ページ
...dispensed with ; this plan would be adopted at Aix-la-Chapelle. That a large extent of earth, or a portion of a river, could be made to complete an electric...Havel, near Potsdam ; those of Basse in the river Weser, and the environs of Hamel ; and Aldini's researches were prosecuted on the shore near Calais.... | |
 | William Newton - 1844 - 540 ページ
...dispensed with ; this plan would be adopted at Aix-la-Chapelle. - That a large extent of earth, or a portion of a river, could be made to complete an electric...tension, by the extensive experiments of Dr. Watson, in 1 748, and others ; and the same thing was- proved with regard to voltaic electricity, by the independent... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1844 - 536 ページ
...dispensed with ; this plan would be adopted at Aix-la-Chapelle. That a large extent of earth, or a portion of a river, could be made to complete an electric...tension, by the extensive experiments of Dr. Watson, in 1 748, and others ; and the same thing was proved with regard to voltaic electricity, by the independent... | |
 | 1852 - 630 ページ
...for the Aix-laChapelle Railway, Professor Wheatstone stated, — " That a large extent of earth, or a portion of a river, could be made to complete an electric...experiments of Erman, Basse, and Aldini, made in 1803. Ermau's experiments were performed in the river Havel, near Potsdam ; those of Basse in the river AVeser,... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1852 - 560 ページ
...for the Aix-laChapelle Uailway, Professor Wheatstone stated, — " That a large extent of earth, or a portion of a river, could be made to complete an electric...by the independent experiments of Erman, Basse, and Aldiui, made in 1803. Erman's experiments were performed in the river Havel, near Potsdam ; those of... | |
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... might be done, by connecting the two extremities of one of the communicating wires with plates of metal, and plunging them into the earth or into water — one of the communicating wires might be entirely dispensed with ; this plan would be adopted... 