Project Gutenberg 2014-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 136 Watson, William, Sir 1715 1787 Watson, W. (William), Sir 96104205 Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity In One Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; President, and Two to the Royal Society Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity" by William Watson is a scientific publication written in the mid-18th century. This work is a compilation of experiments and findings related to the phenomena of electricity, exploring its various properties and behaviors. Watson's approach combines practical experimentation with a theoretical understanding of electricity, which was a burgeoning field of study at the time. In the book, Watson details a series of experiments demonstrating how electricity can ignite various substances, including spirits of wine and camphor, by utilizing both attractive and repulsive forces inherent to electrical phenomena. He meticulously describes the conditions necessary for successful experiments, emphasizing the critical roles of environmental factors such as humidity and temperature. By documenting his observations and results, Watson provides a foundation for understanding electrical interactions, drawing connections to magnetism and light. Through his detailed methodology, he encourages further inquiry into electrical properties, highlighting that even though considerable knowledge had been gained, much remained undiscovered. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46168/46168-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 52.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Electricity -- Early works to 1850 QC Text Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Science - Physics 94278 2025-08-18T15:10:50.268526 text/html 70433 2024-10-24T08:29:16 text/html 104503 2025-08-18T15:10:53.024513 application/epub+zip 102661 2025-08-18T15:10:50.890493 application/epub+zip 94116 2025-08-18T15:10:50.571536 application/epub+zip 144826 2025-08-18T15:10:54.759485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128554 2025-08-18T15:10:52.616468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120471 2022-09-21T04:32:35.545133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76356 2025-08-18T15:10:50.064505 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56341 2024-10-24T08:29:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16568 2025-08-18T15:10:54.894472 application/rdf+xml 16933 2025-08-18T15:10:50.649487 image/jpeg 3224 2025-08-18T15:10:50.610530 image/jpeg 92457 2025-08-18T15:10:50.281552 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia