A Treatise on Electricity

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.

The many surprising effects of electricity, and the great cures performed by it, one would imagine, should awaken the attention of all philosophers and physicians; but as these cures have been effected by random experiments, every body has admired, but no body seems to have considered how, or by what means, they were performed. Whence Notwithstanding all these surprising phnomena, from which many have entertained hopes of a great addition to the healing art; yet not one tolerable account has been given, how, or from what cause, these phnomena proceeded; except what has been done by Mr. Freke, surgeon to Bartholomew hospital; whose admirable piece shews the great penetration of its worthy author, with whom I shall join in thinking it may possibly be the beginning of much good. One would think, this silence, on so interesting a subject, in this enlightened age, can proceed from nothing but a prejudice in favour of wrong principles of philosophy: That this is certainly the taste of the present age, M. Freke seems very well convinced; for, at the end of his pamphlet, he takes notice of a show-man, who, having published some experiments in electricity, and hearing that Mr. Frekes piece was publishing, ownd, he was much affrightened, because of the hard fate, as he said, of his booksellers; but, before he had read two pages, he likewise owned he had recovered his spirits, when he found Mr. Freke pretended to think for himself, and did not let Sr. Isaac Newton think for him. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60392
Author: Penrose, Francis
Release Date: Sep 30, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English