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" 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... "
The Electrical Review - Page 213
1891
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Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course for First ..., Volume 1

William Edward Ayrton - Electricity - 1897 - 680 pages
...ampere, and should have the value one-tenth (0-l) on terms of the centimetre, gramme, and second. " 10. That an unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with the Specification attached to this Report, deposits silver at the rate...
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Our Weights and Measures: A Practical Treatise on the Standard Weights and ...

Henry James Chaney - Metric system - 1897 - 218 pages
...ampere, and should have the value of one-tenth (0-1) in terms of the centimetre, gramme, and second. 10. That an unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with the specification attached to this Report, deposits silver at the rate...
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Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course for First ..., Volume 1

William Edward Ayrton - Electricity - 1897 - 688 pages
...as beini/ proportional to the amount of chemical decomposition it can produce in a given time ; and an unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0-001118 of a gramme per second, is taken as a current of...
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A Systematic Treatise on Electrical Measurements

Herschel Clifford Parker - Electric measurements - 1897 - 136 pages
...1893, the international ampere is considered as 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 the specifications given, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118...
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary: A Popular Dictionary of Words, Terms and ...

Thomas O'Conor Sloane - Electric engineering - 1897 - 696 pages
...system of electro-magnetic units, and it 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 certain specifications, deposits silver at the rate of o.oo111S of...
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A Text-book of General Physics for the Use of Colleges and Scientific Schools

Charles Sheldon Hastings, Frederick Elijah Beach - Physics - 1898 - 788 pages
...cell. The legal definition of the ampere, by act of Congress, is " the practical equivalent of the unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with standard specifications, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 gram...
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A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases, Volume 1

Edwin James Houston - Electric engineering - 1898 - 1010 pages
...system of electro-magnetic 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 certain specifications, deposits silver at the rate of o.ooinS of...
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Bulletin, Volume 2, Issues 26-35

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Hydrography - 1899 - 202 pages
...the centimetre gramme-second system of electro-magnetic units, and is the practical equivalent of the unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water in accordance with standard specifications, deposits silver at the rate of one thousand one...
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A Treatise on Coal Mining, Parts 26-33

International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 704 pages
...strength of the current in amperes is the same. The international ampere is defined as the strength of an unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver and water, deposits silver at the rate of .01725 grain per second. Electricity possesses neither weight nor extension,...
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A Textbook on Marine Engineering...

International Correspondence Schools - 1900 - 724 pages
...strength of the current in amperes is the same. The international ampere is defined as the strength of an unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver and water, deposits silver at the rate of .01725 grain per second. Electricity possesses neither weight nor extension,...
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