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100 1 _aWatson, William, Sir,
_d1715-1787
245 1 0 _aExperiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity :
_bIn One Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; President, and Two to the Royal Society
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2014
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2014-07-01
508 _aProduced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity" by William Watson is a scientific publication written in the mid-18th century. This work is a compilation of experiments and findings related to the phenomena of electricity, exploring its various properties and behaviors. Watson's approach combines practical experimentation with a theoretical understanding of electricity, which was a burgeoning field of study at the time. In the book, Watson details a series of experiments demonstrating how electricity can ignite various substances, including spirits of wine and camphor, by utilizing both attractive and repulsive forces inherent to electrical phenomena. He meticulously describes the conditions necessary for successful experiments, emphasizing the critical roles of environmental factors such as humidity and temperature. By documenting his observations and results, Watson provides a foundation for understanding electrical interactions, drawing connections to magnetism and light. Through his detailed methodology, he encourages further inquiry into electrical properties, highlighting that even though considerable knowledge had been gained, much remained undiscovered. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aElectricity -- Early works to 1850
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46168
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