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...n the spell broke." Lei-kung began to smile again. My two lovely little insulators, he thought to himself. "What were you doing here? What is th... ...loving intimacy. While their nature was identical to the horrible static electricity of the sand storms, now it created glory rather than attractin...

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...ably control areas as large sometimes as half England), they will generate electricity by water power, by combustion, by wind or tide or whatever othe... ...on, by wind or tide or whatever other natural force is available, and this electricity will be devoted, some of it to the authority’s lighting and oth... ...he rails a good two yards above the ground, the easy, simple standards and insulators. Then it will creep in upon our minds, “But, by Jove! This is de...

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... He finds that inflammable air (hydrogen, H2 or a mixture of hydrocarbons) becomes less flammable but retains its toxic properties.Also interested in electricity, Priestley tests the effects of gases on sparks. While he finds that gases are generally good insulators, he also finds that some gases change the colors of electric sparks. He also discovers that some mixtures of...

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..., and experiments to make, and enjoy myself amazingly. I find the study of electricity so enter- taining that I am apt to neglect my other work.’ And ... ...alms. Our English workmen 67 Robert Louis Stevenson screw the earthenware insulators on the posts, strain the wire, and order Arabs about by the gene... ...about and read- ing Westward Ho! for the second time, instead of taking to electricity or picking up nautical information. I am uncom- monly idle. The... ...Glynde, in Sussex, four months after his death. His book on ‘Magnetism and Electricity,’ published as one of Longman’s elementary series in 1873, mark... ...s elementary series in 1873, marked a new de- parture in the exposition of electricity, as the first text-book containing a systematic application of ...