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Andrew Gordon

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Benedictine monk, professor of natural philosophy at University of Erfurt, born Cofforach, Scotland, 1712; died Erfurt, Germany, 1751. He invented the electrical whirl (an early electrostatic reaction motor), and the electric chimes, an early instance of the application of "electric convection."

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Entry for 'Andrew Gordon'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/andrew-gordon.html. 1910.
 
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