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... piece of seal- ing - wax , or of resin , or a glass rod , and rub it upon a piece of flannel or silk , it will be found to have acquired a property which it did not previously possess : namely , the power of attracting to itself such ...
... piece of seal- ing - wax , or of resin , or a glass rod , and rub it upon a piece of flannel or silk , it will be found to have acquired a property which it did not previously possess : namely , the power of attracting to itself such ...
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... piece of silk ribbon , if rubbed with warm indiarubber , or even if drawn between two pieces of warm flannel , and then hung up by one end , will be found to be attracted by objects presented to it . If held near the wall of the room it ...
... piece of silk ribbon , if rubbed with warm indiarubber , or even if drawn between two pieces of warm flannel , and then hung up by one end , will be found to be attracted by objects presented to it . If held near the wall of the room it ...
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... piece of feather or down be hung by a silk toward the hand , as the rubbed body ( in Fig . 3 ) did . This proves that the feather , though it has not itself been rubbed , possesses the other . This may be confirmed by a further ...
... piece of feather or down be hung by a silk toward the hand , as the rubbed body ( in Fig . 3 ) did . This proves that the feather , though it has not itself been rubbed , possesses the other . This may be confirmed by a further ...
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... piece of sealing - wax , or resin , or amber , though repelled by a rubbed piece of glass . The two pith - balls touched ( as in Fig . 5 ) with a rubbed glass rod fly from one another by repulsion , and , as we have seen , fly wider ...
... piece of sealing - wax , or resin , or amber , though repelled by a rubbed piece of glass . The two pith - balls touched ( as in Fig . 5 ) with a rubbed glass rod fly from one another by repulsion , and , as we have seen , fly wider ...
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... piece of rough glass be rubbed on a piece of smooth glass , electrification is observed ; and indeed the conditions of the surface play a very important part in the production of electrification by friction . In general , of two bodies ...
... piece of rough glass be rubbed on a piece of smooth glass , electrification is observed ; and indeed the conditions of the surface play a very important part in the production of electrification by friction . In general , of two bodies ...
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Page 585 - As a unit of current, the international ampere, which is onetenth of the unit of current of the CGS system of electromagnetic units, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, and in accordance with accompanying specifications deposits silver at the rate of 0-001118 of a gram per second.
Page 584 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm equal to 10" units of resistance of the CGS system of electromagnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of the length of 106.3 centimetres.
Page 585 - The liquid should consist of a neutral solution of pure silver nitrate, containing about 15 parts by weight of the nitrate to 85 parts of water. The resistance of the voltameter changes somewhat as the current passes. To prevent these changes having too great an effect on the current, some resistance besides that of the voltameter should be inserted in the circuit.
Page 585 - ... the electro-motive force that, steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one international ohm, will produce a current of one international ampere, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by { £ %$ of the electro-motive force between the poles or electrodes of the voltaic cell known as Clark's cell, at a temperature of 15°...
Page 586 - As a unit of work, the joule, which is equal to 107 units of work in the CGS system, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the energy expended in one second by an international ampere in an international ohm. As a unit of power, the watt, which is equal to 10...
Page 318 - I say, if these things are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind, in preserving houses, churches, ships, &c. from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground, or down round one of the shrouds of a ship...
Page 588 - Then insert the cork and zinc rod, passing the glass tube through the hole prepared for it. Push the cork gently down until its lower surface is nearly in contact with the liquid. The air will thus be nearly...
Page 589 - ... tube through the hole prepared for it. Push the cork gently down until its lower surface is nearly in contact with the liquid. The air will thus be nearly all expelled, and the cell should be left in this condition for at least twenty-four hours before sealing, which should be done as follows.
Page 585 - As a unit of electromotive force, the international volt, which is the electromotive force that, steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one international ohm, will produce a current of one international ampere, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by ^2.
Page 318 - Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief?