present présent音标:[prezã]présent,-ea. 出席的,在场的;存在的,出现的;专心的,注意的;目前的;本,此m. 现在,目前;[语]现在时pl. 出席者专业辞典adj.m【语言】现在的:le temps~现在时participe~现在分词近义词actuel, contemporain, moderne, instant, cadeau, bienfait, don, actuellement, de nos jours , en ce moment
In 1767, the 700-page " The History and Present State of Electricity " was published to positive reviews.
Electricity ( electromagnets, telegraph, motors, lights ) was somewhat delayed, since " The History and present State of Electricity " ( 1767 ) by Joseph Priestley and other mid 18th century writings discussed current flow causing wires to glow ( from Leyden jars ).
""'The History and Present State of Electricity " "'( 1767 ), by eighteenth-century British polymath Joseph Priestley, is a survey of the study of electricity up until 1766 as well as a description of experiments by Priestley himself.