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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Electrophorus
Britannica 11thELECTROPHORUS. an instrument invented by Alessandro Volta in 1775, by which mechanical work is transformed into electrostatic charge by the aid of a small initial charge of electricity. The operation depends on the facts of electrostatic induction discovered b ...
Vol. 9, pp. 237-237
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Telesphorus
Britannica 11thTELESPHORUS, bishop of Rome from about 126 till about 137. St Irenaeus says that he suffered martyrdom.
Vol. 26, pp. 573-573
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Electricity
Britannica 11th... ; GALVANOMETER; VOLTMETER; WHEATSTONE'S BRIDGE; POTENTIOMETER; METER, ELECTRIC; ELECTROPHORUS; LEYDEN JAR; &c. . The term " electricity " is applied to denote the physical agency which exhibits itself by effects of attraction and repulsion when particular subs ...
Vol. 9, pp. 179-192
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