 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 pages
...cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motion of the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears that he 'has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
 | William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...an electrometer, a small, fine, pith ball; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment; and his wife, by remarking...down the words they indicate; from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
 | Scotland - 1855 - 824 pages
...connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment: and his wife, by marking the corresponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears that ho has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
 | 1856 - 784 pages
...electrometer in a distant apartment, and his wife, by remarking the corresponding notion of (ho balls, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears he has formed an alphabtl of motion. At the length of the conducting »ire makes no difference in the effect, a correspondence... | |
 | William Chambers - Periodicals - 1856 - 570 pages
...corresponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate, from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect, a correspondence might be carried on at any distance : within... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Amusements - 1857 - 632 pages
...electrometer of pith-balls ; by means of a wire a connexion is made with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment, and his wife, by remarking the corresponding motions of the balls, writes down the words they indicate ; from which it appears that ho has formed an Alphnbrt of... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1861 - 460 pages
...an electrometer, a smnll fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his wife, by remarking...down the words they indicate, from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1858 - 798 pages
...an electrometer, a small fine pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment; and his wife, by remarking..."down the words they indicate ; from which it appears that he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect,... | |
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... he takes it with him into a room, and turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small fine pith ball; a wire connects with a similar cylinder and electrometer in a distant apartment; and his wife, by... 
