Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrellas
Literary usage of Terrellas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Makers of Electricity by Michael Francis O'Reilly, James Joseph Walsh (1909)
"In pursuing his searching inquiry, he was gradually led from these "terrellas"
to his great induction that the earth itself is a colossal, globe-like magnet ..."
2. The Electric Current: How Produced and how Used by Robert Mullineux Walmsley (1894)
"37, copied from Gilbert's book, shows one of these "terrellas," with small magnets
placed in various positions round it to demonstrate the similarity ..."
3. The Electric Current: How Produced and how Used by Robert Mullineux Walmsley (1894)
"37, copied from Gilbert's book, shows one of these " terrellas," with small
magnets placed in various positions round it to demonstrate the similarity ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He was led to this generalization by prolonged experiments with globular magnets,
or terrellas, on which he poised small magnetic needles, finding that, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He was led to this generalization by prolonged experiments with globular magnets,
or terrellas, on which he poised small magnetic needles, finding that, ..."
6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"Then he recounts his ei- periments with terrellas having uneven surfaces to
represent the irregularities of the earth's crust. ..."
7. A History of Electricity (the Intellectual Rise in Electricity) from by Park Benjamin (1895)
"... the most precious gem, a lament which he might equally well have made over
the earlier destruction of Gilbert's terrellas in the great London fire. ..."
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