Word: burn
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...battery at the Jefferson Laboratory, Professor Trowbridge has recently made a discovery of great interest to doctors and the public in general. In previous experiments with the X-ray, the back of the hand has been placed near the tube, with the result that the skin has been burned off in a painful and dangerous manner. Professor Trowbridge has discovered that the same result is produced by brush discharges in the air. This shows that the burn is due to powerful electrification, and not necessarily to the X-rays...
...asteroids are small planets revolving about the sun in orbits between Mars and Jupiter. Meteors are small bodies also revolving in determined orbits. and at the points where the earth meets orbits of meteors are produced "falling stars," when the meteors burn in the atmosphere of the earth...
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