 The velocity of electricity is so great, that the most rapid motion which can be produced by art appears to be actual rest when compared with it. A wheel revolving with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of...  Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development - Page 279by Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1845 - 816 pages
...with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct, as if it were in a state of absolute repose, becanse, however rapid the motion may be, the light has already come and ceased before the wheel has... | |
 | Arminianism - 1850 - 704 pages
...beautiful experiment. A wheel, made to revolve with such celerity as to render its spokes invisible, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct, as if at rest, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, because the flash has come and gone before the wheel... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Astronomy - 1835 - 532 pages
...with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct, as if it were in a state of absolute repose. Because, however rapid the rotation may be, the light has come and already ceased before the wheel... | |
 | Chauncy Hare Townshend - Animal magnetism - 1840 - 604 pages
...with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen, for an instant, with all its spokes distinct, as if it were in a state of absolute repose ; because, however rapid the motion may be, the light has come and already ceased, before the wheel... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1841 - 216 pages
...with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct, as if it were in a state of absolute repose. — Somerville's connection of the Sciences, page 313. S. 9, 1. 7. Retemlling that of whieh great Dante... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 272 pages
...with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct as if it were at rest ; because however rapid the rotation may be, the light has come, and has already ceased before... | |
 | Science - 1842 - 496 pages
...with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct, as if it were in a state of absolute repose ; because, however rapid the rotation may be, the light has come and already ceased before the wheel... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - Electric power - 1844 - 512 pages
...with a rapidity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct, as if it were in a state of absolute repose ; because, however rapid the rotation may be, the light has come and already ceased before the wheel... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1844 - 250 pages
...with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, is seen for an instant, with all its spokes distinct, as if it were in a state of absolute repose." — Somerville's Connection of the Sciences, page 313, B. 9, L 7. Rambling Vint qfvhich great Dante... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...beautiful experiment A wheel made to revolve with such celerity as to render its spokes invisible, is seen for an instant with all its spokes distinct, as if at rest, when illuminated by a flash of lightning, because the flash had come and gone before the wheel... | |
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