The description and use of Nairne's patent electrical machine : with the addition of some philosophical experiments and medical observations.

  • Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806.
Date:
1783
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Credit: The description and use of Nairne's patent electrical machine : with the addition of some philosophical experiments and medical observations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    headi In this cafcjhe muft have an affiftant turn the cylinder. An affiflant will like- wife be required in the operation of giv- ing and receiving fparks, as defcribed § 2 j; of this chapter. 31. A very denfe ftream of electricity may be drawn from either of the jars by hanging the chain from the ball of the jar to the table, and applying the knuckle to the outfide w^hen charged, by turning the cylinder. If the chain, inilead of touching the table, be hung by means of its two rings from the ball of one jar to the ball of the other, the ftream will in like circumftances be exceedingly more pungent. This ftream may be conveyed to any part of the body, by means of the apparatus already defcribed. In both thefe cafes a chain muft hang from the knob H of that condu6tor, from which it is not intended the ftream fhall proceed. CHAP.