balls in air
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Another cause of difference in the ratios is, no doubt, the relative sizes of the discharge balls in air; in the former case they were of very different size, here they were alike.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Men were not so afraid of one another; the sharp religious divisions of Oxford were absent; ideas were thrown up like balls in air, sure that some light hand would catch and pass them on.
From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Mrs. Humphry Ward
"And what was that?" asked the young cacique carelessly, as he tossed the golden balls in air and caught them dexterously.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
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