 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - 606 pages
...was not within my thought. I intended to express that the line of magnetic force was illuminated us the earth is illuminated by the sun, or the spider's...as we can see the course of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance, rendered visible by the light; and this was what I meant by illumination,... | |
 | 1846 - 602 pages
...illuminated, as the earth is illuminated by the sun, or the spider's web illuminated by the astromomer's lamp. Employing a ray of light, we can tell, by the...as we can see the course of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance, rendered visible by the light, and this was what I mean! by illumination."... | |
 | 1846 - 610 pages
...illuminated, aa the earth is illuminated by the sun, or the spider's web illuminated by the astromomer's lamp. Employing a ray of light, we can tell, by the...of the magnetic lines through a body ; and by the altération of the ray, and its optical effect on the eye, can see the course of the lines just as... | |
 | 1847 - 422 pages
...peculiar exertions of the power of a magnet, whether it be that which is manifest in the magnetic or diamagnetic class of bodies. The phrase " illumination...as we can see the course of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance, rendered visible by the light ; and this was what I meant by illumination,... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1854 - 458 pages
...line of magnetic force was illuminated as the earth is illuminated by the sun, or, the spider's web is illuminated by the astronomer's lamp. Employing a...as we can see the course of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance rendered visible by the light: and this was what I meant by illumination."... | |
 | Michael Faraday - 1855 - 614 pages
...according to the principles of static electric induction (1161, &c.), which may also be either in curved or magnetic force " has been understood to imply that...effect on the eye, can see the course of the lines jnst as we can see the coarse of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance, rendered visible... | |
 | Michael Faraday - 1855 - 632 pages
...the line of magnetic force was illuminated as the earth is illuminated by the sun, or the spider-s web illuminated by the astronomer's lamp. Employing...as we can see the course of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance, rendered visible by the light : and this is whnt I meant by illumination,... | |
 | Michael Faraday - 1855 - 620 pages
...or the spider's web illuminated by the astronomer's lamp. Employing a ray of light, we can tell, ly the eye, the direction of the magnetic lines through...as we can see the course of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance, rendered visible by the light : and this is whnt I meant by illumination,... | |
 | James Edward Henry Gordon - 1880 - 388 pages
...as the earth is illuminated by the sun, or the spider's web illuminated by the astronomer's lairp. Employing a ray of light, we can tell by the eye the...effect on the eye, can see the course of the lines ju«t as we can see the course of a thread of glass, or any other transparent substance rendered visible... | |
 | James Edward Henry Gordon - 1880 - 388 pages
...as the earth is illuminated by the sun, or the spider's web illuminated by the astronomer's lairp. Employing a ray of light, we can tell by the eye the direction of the magnetic linee through a body ; and, by the alteration of the ray and its optical effect on the eye, can see... | |
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illumination of the lines of magnetic force" has been understood to imply that I had rendered them luminous. This was not within my thought. I intended to express that the line of magnetic force was illuminated as the earth is illuminated by the sun,... 
