Meaning of electrism | Babel Free

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electricity

obsolete, uncountable

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“His experiments were numerous and conclusive; such as rendering hard and soft iron, steel, & magnetic by position, as well as by electrism, and by making it a part of the galvanic circle.”

“ELECTRICITY, or ELECTRISM, was so denominated by the ancients, because Amber, which in the Greek is called Electron, was the chief or only substance known to them, which emitted sparks similar to lightning flashes, and attracted certain substances when rubbed in a dark place.”

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