...received the first information of this power from Mr. Thomas Hopkinson*, who had used such * " This power of points, to throw off the electrical fire,...communicated to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkiuson, since points, expecting by their means to procure a morepowerful and concentrated discharge...

...sealing-wax. To show that points will throw off* as well as draw * This power of points to throw of the electrical fire, was first communicated to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, since off the electrical fire ; lay a long sharp needle upon the shot, and you cannot electrize the...

...electrical and philosophical experiments. In a note to one of his letters on electricity, Franklin says; "The power of points to throw off the electrical fire...to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, since deceased, whose virtue and integrity in every station of his life, public and private, will ever...

...more conduct electricity than sealing-wax. To showr that points will throw off* as well as draw * This power of points to throw off the electrical fire,...to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, since off the electrical fire ; lay a long sharp needle upon the shot, and you cannot electrize the...

...experiments. In a note to one of his letters on electricity, Franklin Bays ; " The power of points to throw of the electrical fire was first communicated to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, once deceased, whose virtue and integrity in every station of his life, public and private, will ever...

...electricity, makes an interesting confession. " The power of points to throw off electrical fire," he says, " was first communicated to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, since deceased, whose virtue and integrity in every- station of his life, public and private, will...

...one instance of the aid rendered him by Mr. Hopkinson: "The power of points to throw off the electric fire was first communicated to me by my ingenious friend Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, since deceased, whose virtues and integrity, in every situation of life, public and private, will ever...

...kite, which he had prepared of a large silk handkerchief, extended by two cross sticks. After * "This power of points, to throw off the electrical fire,...to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, since deceased; whose virtue and integrity, in every station of life, public and private, will ever...

...electi.city than sealing-wax. To show that points will throw off"* as well as draw • This power of point* to throw off the electrical fire, was first communicated...to me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson, since off the electrical fire; lay a long sharp needle upon the shot, and you cannot electrize the...

...society. His attainments in natural philosophy were recognized by Benjamin Franklin, who remarked : " The power of points to throw off the electrical fire...me by my ingenious friend, Mr. Thomas Hopkinson." — His son, Francis, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. in Philadelphia, 21 Sept., 1737;...