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PG-P.757.082
22 Dec 1757:12,13 (1513)
For the entertainment of the curious, a course of
experiments, with regular lectures, on that new branch of
natural philosophy, called electricity; is proposed to be
exhibited in the Apparatus-room of the College, on the 29th
and 30th instant. by Ebenezer Kinnersley, M.A. Professor of
English and Oratory, in the College and Academy of
Philadelphia. . . [1 1/3 columns: 2 lectures, with 26 and 23
experiments respectively, experiment number 25 in the first
lecture is] Eight musical bells rung by an electrified phial
of water. [Experiment number 22 in the second lecture is:]
A wheel of a curious machine turned round by lightening, and
playing variety of tunes on eight musical bells.
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