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Electric fluid

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the supposed matter of electricity; lightning.

See also: Electric



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This latter case is remarkable, as the electric fluid must have turned back at the acute angle of 26 degs.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
This derivative, to say the truth, is still countenanced by some traces of the electric fluid evident on the summit of the steeple of the House of the Town-Council.
The Devil in the Belfry by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
You will tell me that the electric fluid which abounds in the air is the principal cause of this variableness.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
 
 
 
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