Project Gutenberg 2019-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 150 Penrose, Francis 1718 1798 Penrose, F. (Francis) A Treatise on Electricity Wherein its various phænomena are accounted for, and the cause of the attraction and gravitation of solids, assigned. To which is added, a short account, how the electrical effluvia act upon the animal frame, and in what disorders the same may probably be applied with success, and in what not. Produced by Thiers Halliwell, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Treatise on Electricity" by Francis Penrose is a scientific publication written in the 18th century. This treatise examines various electrical phenomena and explores their potential applications in medicine and healing. The author, a surgeon, seeks to blend scientific inquiry with practical applications, suggesting how electricity might be harnessed for therapeutic purposes. In this work, Penrose investigates the nature of electricity, proposing that it results from the friction and agitation of air particles. He presents a series of experiments to demonstrate how air and light are intricately linked and examines the implications of these findings for understanding gravity and the attraction between solid bodies. The treatise also discusses the effects of electrical forces on the human body, asserting that while electricity can facilitate healing in certain conditions, care must be taken not to apply it indiscriminately, especially in cases involving weakened nerves. Penrose's observations reflect the scientific curiosity of the time, as he attempts to reconcile empirical findings with philosophical reflections on the nature of matter and energy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Electricity -- Early works to 1850 Electrotherapeutics -- Early works to 1800 QC Text Category: Science - Physics Category: Health & Medicine Category: Philosophy & Ethics 88380 2025-07-24T06:18:07.835463 text/html 64597 2024-10-17T14:01:38 text/html 195645 2025-07-24T06:18:10.860445 application/epub+zip 193858 2025-07-24T06:18:08.718437 application/epub+zip 89148 2025-07-24T06:18:08.210444 application/epub+zip 238709 2025-07-24T06:18:12.516408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222006 2025-07-24T06:18:10.502424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117954 2022-09-27T09:27:18.748025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71495 2025-07-24T06:18:07.540431 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51533 2024-10-17T14:01:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17066 2025-07-24T06:18:12.648411 application/rdf+xml 12960 2025-07-24T06:18:08.288421 image/jpeg 1964 2025-07-24T06:18:08.249468 image/jpeg 189957 2025-07-24T06:18:07.848453 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