Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... earth- quakes ; those minerals constituting in the earth a kind of natural gunpowder , which , taking fire upon this assemblage and approach of it , occasions that murmuring noise , that subterraneous thunder , which is heard rumbling ...
... earth- quakes ; those minerals constituting in the earth a kind of natural gunpowder , which , taking fire upon this assemblage and approach of it , occasions that murmuring noise , that subterraneous thunder , which is heard rumbling ...
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... earth ( like leaf gold in electrical experiments ) often serve as partial conductors for the lightning , which pro- ceeds from one of them to another , and by their help comes within the striking distance to the earth or a building . It ...
... earth ( like leaf gold in electrical experiments ) often serve as partial conductors for the lightning , which pro- ceeds from one of them to another , and by their help comes within the striking distance to the earth or a building . It ...
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Benjamin Franklin. and southern latitudes , which , coming from parts wherein the earth and air had less motion , and not suddenly acquiring the quicker motion of the equa- torial earth , appears an east wind blowing west- ward ; the earth ...
Benjamin Franklin. and southern latitudes , which , coming from parts wherein the earth and air had less motion , and not suddenly acquiring the quicker motion of the equa- torial earth , appears an east wind blowing west- ward ; the earth ...
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