 | Henry Smith Carhart, Horatio Nelson Chute - Physics - 1892 - 400 pages
...quantity of electricity passing through the decomposing cell, called a Voltameter, in the given time. 352. Electromotive Force is the name given to the cause...a battery depends upon the materials employed, and Li entirely independent of the size and shape of the plates. The EMF of a Daniell cell is about 1.1... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Physics - 1892 - 384 pages
...convenient measurement or use. (See Art. 557.) 503. The Volt. — The volt is the electro-motive force which will cause a current of one ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. (See Art. 557 for derivation of the volt.) 504. The Ampere. — The ampere is the current (or strength... | |
 | Henry Smith Carhart, Horatio Nelson Chute - Physics - 1892 - 400 pages
...quantity of electricity passing through the decomposing cell, called a Voltameter, in the given time. 352. Electromotive Force is the name given to the cause...ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. The EMF o* a battery depends upon the materials employed, and is entirely independent of the size and shape... | |
 | National School of Electricity - Electricity - 1896 - 344 pages
...definitions, the definition of the International Volt by the Chicago Congress is the pressure which causes a current of one ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. Since a column of mercury is an inconvenient device to handle, standard resistances made of mercury... | |
 | Thomas O'Conor Sloane - Electric engineering - 1897 - 696 pages
...force or potential difference. It may be referred to various data. An electro-motive force of one volt will cause a current of one ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. A condenser of one farad capacity charged with one coulomb will have a rise of potential of one volt.... | |
 | Herbert Franklin Dunham - Engineering - 1899 - 70 pages
...resistance of one Ohm when the electro-motive force is one volt. Volt, the electro-motive force required to cause a current of one Ampere to flow through a resistance of one Ohm. 1 Kilowatt •= 1 Watt per sq. in. =• 8.19 boat-units per sq. ft.' per minuto. 6,371 ft.-lbe. per.... | |
 | James A. Beaton - Electric power - 1901 - 302 pages
...are forced to find some other term, and the unit of pressure or electro-motive force [EMF] is called the Volt. It is the EMF which will cause a current...one Ampere to flow through a resistance of one Ohm, A gravity cell, such as that ordinarily used with a telegraph instrument, gives an electro-motive force... | |
 | Dugald Caleb Jackson, John Price Jackson - Electric power - 1902 - 510 pages
...definitions, the International Volt as defined by the Chicago Congress is the pressure which causes a current of one ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. 98. Effect of Temperature on the Resistance of Materials. — Reference has already been made to the... | |
 | Lynn Banks McMullen - Physics - 1906 - 474 pages
...deposits .001118 gram of silver in one second. The Volt [named for Volta] is the electromotive force which will cause a current of one ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. (The volt is also used as the practical unit of difference of potential, much as we use 76 cm. to mean either... | |
 | Joseph Albertus Culler - Physics - 1906 - 440 pages
...volt is the unit employed in the measurement of electromotive force. It is that electromotive force which will cause a current of one ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. The electromotive force expressed in volts is often called the voltage. The coulomb is the unit employed... | |
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Such an electromotive force as would cause a current of one ampere to flow through a resistance of one ohm. 
