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" Thus Fullers and Dyers find black Cloths, of equal Thickness with white ones, and hung out equally wet, dry in the Sun much sooner than the white, being more readily heated by the Sun's Rays. "
The Cabinet of Arts: Or, General Instructor in Arts, Science, Trade ... - Page 71
by Hewson Clarke, John Dougall - 1817 - 859 pages
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 17

Geology - 1834 - 502 pages
...Again," he says, '' try to fire paper with a burning-glass. If it be white you will not easily burn it, but if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters written or printed, the paper will immediately be on fire under the letters." He further remarks, that fullers and dyers find black cloths,...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 17

Science - 1834 - 494 pages
...Again," he says, *' try to fire paper with a burning-glass. If it be white you will not easily burn it, but if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters written or printed, the paper will immediately be on fire under the letters." He further remarks, that fullers and dyers find black cloths,...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1838 - 632 pages
...cool. Another. Try to fire the paper with a burning glass. If it is white, you will not easily burn it ; but if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters, written or printed, the paper will immediately be on fire under the letters. Thus fullers and dyers find black cloths, of equal thickness...
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Endless Amusement: A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in ...

Fireworks - 1839 - 230 pages
...white still cool. Try to fire paper with a burning-glass ; if it be white, you will not easily burn it ; but if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters, written or printed, the paper will immediately be on fire under the letters. Thus, fullers and dyers find black cloths, of equal thickness...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...cool. Another. Try to fire the paper with a burning glass. If it is white, you will not easily burn it ; but if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters, written or printed, the paper will immediately be on fire under the letters. Thus fullers and dyers find black cloths, of equal thickness...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...you bring the s to n black spot, or upon letters, written or printed, the paptn- will immediately be on fire under the letters. Thus fullers and dyers...ones, and hung out equally wet, dry in the sun much nooner than the white, being more readily heated by the sun's rays. It is the same before a fire; the...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1855 - 522 pages
...cool. Another. Try to fire the paper with a burning-glass. If it is white, you will not easily burn it; but, if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters, written or printed, the paper will immediately be on fire under the letters. Thus fullers and dyers find black cloths, of equal thickness...
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Encyclopedia of Natural and Artificial Wonders and Curiosities ..., Volume 11

John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...still cool. " Another. Try to fire paper with a burning-glass. If it be white, you will not easily burn it; but if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters written or printed, the paper \\ill immediately be on fire under the letters. "Thus fullers and dyers find thatblack cloths, ofequal...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 4

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1906 - 502 pages
...still cool. Another. Try to fire Paper with a burning Glass. If it is White, you will not easily burn it; but if you bring the Focus to a black Spot, or upon Letters, written or printed, the Paper will immediately be on fire under the Letters. apt sooner to burn a Man's Shins. Also Beer much sooner warms...
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"My Dear Girl": The Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin with Polly Stevenson ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1927 - 324 pages
...still cool. Another. Try to fire paper with a burning glass. If it is white, you will not easily burn it; but if you bring the focus to a black spot, or upon letters, written or printed, the paper will immediately be on fire under the letters. Thus fullers and dyers find black cloths of equal thickness...
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