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An introduction to electricity : In six sections ... / By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - E.F. Smith Collection QC516 .F35 1770
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electricity--Early works to 1850.
- Electricity.
- Electricity--Experiments--Early works to 1850.
- Electricity--Experiments.
- Electricity in medicine--Early works to 1800.
- Electricity in medicine.
- Penn Provenance:
- Ribble, Judith G., Dr. (donor)
- Darlington, James Backhouse (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 140 pages, 3 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1770.
- Contents:
- I. Of electricity in general.
- II. A description of the electrical machine.
- III. A description of the apparatus (belonging to the machine) for making electrical experiments.
- IV. How to know if the machine be in good order for performing the experiment, and how to put it in order if it be not.
- V. How to make the electrical experiments, and to preserve buildings from damage by lightning
- VI. Medical electricity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 981559
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