Etheric
[i:θerɪk]
Examples
- We arranged frog's legs to pass etheric force through. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison seems to have noticed something of the kind in what he called 'etheric force. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But now we are all beginning to call these inductive phenomena 'etheric. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To test this we disconnected the wire between the frog and battery, and placed, instead of a vibrating sounder, a simple Morse key and a sounder taking the 'etheric' from armature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The electric or etheric waves thereby set up are detected and received by another special form of apparatus more or less distant, without any intervening wires or conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison had observed the tendency of this force to diffuse itself in various directions through the air and through matter, hence the name Etheric that he had provisionally applied to it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After a few days of further experiment and observation, however, he changed it to Etheric Force, and the further records thereof (all in Mr. Batchelor's handwriting) were under that heading. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His name 'etheric' may, thirteen years ago, have seemed to many people absurd. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison seems to have noticed something of the kind in what he called the etheric force. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We now tried the crucial test of passing the etheric current through the sciatic nerve of a frog just killed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His name 'etheric' may thirteen years ago have seemed to many people absurd. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What has always puzzled me since is that I did not think of using the results of my experiments on 'etheric force' that I made in 1875. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Edited by Helen