Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

balls of pith

Portuguese translation:

bolinhas de medula

Added to glossary by poulson
Feb 24, 2002 01:15
22 yrs ago
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English term

balls of pith

Non-PRO English to Portuguese Tech/Engineering
In 1774, George Lesage showed that balls of pith (vegetable fibre) in a device called electroscope could be made to jump when a wire connected the electroscope to a source of electrical charge.
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
4 bolinhas de medula

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bolinhas de medula

Trata-sde de bolinhas de medula de sabugueiro.

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Note added at 2002-02-24 01:51:24 (GMT) Post-grading
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Correção : trata-se de bolinhas de medula de sabugueiro
Reference:

Lewis L. Sell

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