 | Books and bookselling - 460 pages
...different languages. " NoThing was ever wnttcn on the fuhjcdt of Electricity," fays Dr Prieftky, •" which was more generally read and admired in all parts of Europe, than liiofe Letters. Elefiricians every \yliere employed themfdvei in repeating his experiments, or exh... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons, American - 1803 - 528 pages
...subject of electricity," * Thomson's poem to the memory of Sir I«a»c Newton. says Dr. Priestly, " which was more generally read " and admired in all parts of Europe, than those Let" ters. Electricans every where employed them*' selves in repeating his experiments, or exhibiting... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons - 1803 - 492 pages
...subject of electricity," • Thomson's poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton. says Dr. Priestly, " which was more generally read " and admired in all parts of Europe, than those Let" ters. Electricans every where employed them" selves in repeating his .experiments, or exhibiting... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...different languages. " Noth. ing was ever written on the subject of electricity," says Dr. Priestley, " which was more generally read and admired in all parts of Europe, than those letters. Electricians every where employed themselves in repeating his experiments, or exhibiting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...philosopher, the late Dr. Priestly, bears the following testimony in his "History of Electricity." "Nothing was ever written upon the subject of electricity,...language into which -they have not been translated f^and, as if this were not sufficient to make them properly known, a translation of them has lately... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...philosopher, the late Dr. Priestly, bears the following testimony in his "History of Electricity." "Nothing was ever written upon the subject of electricity,...There is hardly any European language into which they hare not been translated ; and, as if this were not sufficient to make them properly known, a translation... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...philosopher, the late Dr. Priestley, bears the following testimony in his " History of Electricity." " Nothing was ever written upon the subject of electricity, which was more generally read and 1 See PS of Letter to Governor Franklin, Aug. 22, 1772. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE, PART II.) admired... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...subject of electricity, which was more generally.read, and admired in all parts of Europe than Franklin's letters. There is hardly any European language into...sufficient to make them properly known, a translation has lately been made into Latin. It is not easy to say whether we are most pleased with the simplicity... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...the modern taste for electricity. Dr Priestley says, in his history of that science, that " nothing was ever written upon the subject of electricity,...generally read, and admired in all parts of Europe than Franklin's letters. There is hardly any European language into which they have not been translated... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1832 - 402 pages
...written at different times from 1747 to 1754. " Nothing (says Dr. Priestley's Hist. Elec. page 159.) was ever written upon the subject of Electricity,...which they have not been translated ; and, as if this was not sufficient to make them properly translation of them has lately been made into Latin. It is... | |
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Electricity, which was more generally read and admired in all parts of Europe than these letters. There is hardly any European language into which they have not been translated... 
