 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...  Wire in Electrical Construction - Page 14by John A. Roebling's Sons Company - 1897 - 73 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry James Chaney - Metric system - 1897 - 218 pages
...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 of 0-001118... | |
 | William Edward Ayrton - Electricity - 1897 - 680 pages
...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 of 0-0011lS... | |
 | William Edward Ayrton - Electricity - 1897 - 688 pages
...the centimetre, the gramme and the second of time and which is represented by the unvarying electric current which when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with the specification appended hereto and marked A, deposits silver at the rate of 0-001118... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - Electric engineering - 1898 - 1010 pages
...International The value of the international ampere adopted by the Chicago Congress ot 1893 as equal to onetenth of the unit of current of the CGS system...nitrate of silver in water, and in accordance with certain specifications, deposits silver at the rate of o.ooinS of a gramme per second. Ampere Meter,... | |
 | Charles Sheldon Hastings, Frederick Elijah Beach - Physics - 1898 - 788 pages
...such a 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 per second."... | |
 | Engineering - 1898 - 516 pages
...following year these unit were made legal by Act of Congress. By this system an ampere is defined as that current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water deposits silver at the rate of 0.001 118 gramme per second. Certain specifications with respect to... | |
 | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Hydrography - 1899 - 202 pages
...of 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 hundred... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 720 pages
...the CGS system of electromagnetic units." It is represented sufficiently well for practical purposes by the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0-001118 gramme to the second. The international ohm, as fixed by the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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