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| g) The conductor of the electrostatic machine original: "Elektriſirmaſchine" . . . . . . . | 2247 |
| Iris, sparks, smoke, transparency 2248. Internal smoke 2249. | |
| h) Electrified metal plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2251 |
| i) Translucent hands . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2252 |
| k) Photosphere of the conductor . . . . . . . . . . | 2254 |
| l) The light-coil original: "Lichtwickel" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2255 |
| At the polar wire of the Voltaic pile 2256. Electromagnet 2257. | |
| Frictional electricity original: "Reibungselektricität" 2259. Conducting wires 2260. Kleist's | |
| discharge wire A reference to the Leyden jar, invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist 2261. Induction wires 2264. Coil angle 2266. | |
| 3) Light phenomena in the electrical distribution sphere original: "Vertheilungsſphäre" . . . | 2268 |
| 4) Increases and weakenings . . . . . . . . . | 2279 |
| 5) Blowing into the Od-flame The "Od-flame" refers to the visible aura or light emitted by the "Odic force," a hypothetical vital energy proposed by Baron von Reichenbach . . . . . . . . . . | 2280 |
| 6) Duration of the light phenomena . . . . . . . . | 2281 |
| 7) Odor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2282 |
| 8) Odic and electric light . . . . . . . . . | 2283 |
| Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2284 |
| F. Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2285 |
| G. Friction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2288 |
| 1) Friction of hands and fingers . . . . . . . . . . | 2289 |
| Both palms 2289. Knuckles 2290. Fingertips 2291. | |
| Rubbed fingers 2292. | |
| 2) Friction of metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2294 |
| Wires 2294. Files 2296. Pencil strokes 2297. | |
| 3) Various bodies; glass rods, sulfur, agate, steel and stone, | |
| potassium sulfate, zinc and copper, bar iron, coals, sugar. | 2301 |
| Gypsum, anhydrite, anthophyllite, lepidolite, gurhofian A variety of magnesite, fluorspar original: "Flußſpath" . | 2302 |
| Wood, table legs during table-turning A reference to the spiritualist practice of "table-tipping" . . . . . . . . . | 2304 |
| Wood rasps, wood saws, rubbing paper together, guncotton . . | 2307 |
| Brushing, rubbing and stroking with hands, magnet rubbing . . | 2308 |
| 4) Friction under water; sugar, quartz . . . . . . | 2311 |
| 5) Shaken bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2312 |
| a) Dry; sulfur, iodine, camphor . . . . . . . . | 2312 |
| b) Liquid; alcohol, ether, wood spirit, creosote, sulfur- | |
| alcohol, ammonia . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2313 |
| Water, running, shaken . . . . . . . . . | 2314 |
| Spring-seeker Dowsing, divining rod original: "Wünſchelruthe" . . . . . . . . . . | 2316 |
| c) Gaseous bodies; bellows . . . . . . . . . | 2319 |
| H. Separation, breaking, tearing paper, dismantling, air compression | 2322 |
| I. Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2324 |
| Fingertips 2324. Pressure-stroke 2325. Handshakes in general 2326. Fire | |
| before the eyes 2327. Glass pressing 2328. Liquids under air pump 2329. | |
| Bellows 2330. Glowing from muscle pressure 2331. Du Bois-Reymond's muscle current original: "Dübois Muſkelſtrom"; refers to Emil du Bois-Reymond's discovery of electrical activity in muscles 2331. | |
| K. Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2333 |
| 1) Solid hard bodies against each other; hammer and anvil . . . | 2333 |