An account of some new experiments in electricity: containing I. An enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity. II. Some experiments, to ascertain the direction of the electric matter, in the discharge of the Leyden bottle: with a new analysis of the Leyden bottle. III. Experiments on the lateral explosion, in the discharge of the Leyden bottle. IV. The description and use of a new prime-conductor. V. miscellaneous experiments, made principally in the years 1771 and 1772. VI. Experiments and observations on the electricity of fogs, &c. in pursuance of those made by Thomas Ronayne, Esq; with a plan of an electrical Journal, &c. By William Henly, F. R. S. Read at the Royal Society, May 5, 1774.
- Henley, William, -1779.
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- M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]
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London : printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]
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