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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... "
Wire in Electrical Construction - Page 14
by John A. Roebling's Sons Company - 1897 - 73 pages
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Electrical Measurements in Theory and Application: Formerly Published Under ...

Arthur Whitmore Smith - Electric measurements - 1924 - 366 pages
...VI. The Ampere is the second Primary Unit. VII. The International Ampere is the unvarying electric current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with the specification II, attached1 to these resolutions, deposits silver at the rate...
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The Radio Amateur's Hand Book: A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on ...

Archie Frederick Collins - Radio - 1924 - 476 pages
...AMMETER, AERIAL. — See Ammeter, Hot Wire. AMMETER, RADIO. — See Ammeter, Hot Wire. AMPERE. — The current which when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water according to certain specifications, deposits silver at the rate of 0.00111800 of a gram per second....
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Electrical Engineering Practice: A Practical Treatise for Electrical, Civil ...

John Willoughby Meares, Reginald E. Neale - Electric engineering - 1924 - 652 pages
...permissible ; see footnote to Table 3, § 6. The International Ampere (A) is the unvarying electric current which when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water deposits silver at the rate of 0- 001 118 00 of a gramme per second. The International Volt (V) is...
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Electrical Measuring Instruments, Part 1

Charles Vickery Drysdale, Alfred Charles Jolley - Electric measurements - 1924 - 466 pages
...Standards in 1908 gave the following definition : — The International Ampere is the unvarying electric current, which, when passed' through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with Specification II attached to these Resolutions, deposits silver at the rate of 0-00111800...
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Physics: A Textbook for Colleges

Oscar Milton Stewart - Physics - 1924 - 748 pages
...definejhe ampere in terms of the rate at which it deposits silver. The international ampere is defined as the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver (prepared according to certain specifications) deposits silver at the rate of .00111800 gram per second....
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Standard Wiring for Electric Light and Power: As Adopted by the Fire ...

Harry Cooke Cushing - Electric wiring - 1925 - 460 pages
...Chicago in 1893, is: "one-tenth of the unit of current of the cgs system of electromagnetic units, and is represented sufficiently well for practical use...nitrate of silver in water and in accordance with an adopted set of specifications, deposits silver at the rate of 0.00n18 of a gram per second." Ampere-Hour....
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Service Monographs of the United States Government, Issue 35

Brookings Institution. Institute for Government Research - United States - 1925 - 326 pages
...curent of the centimeter-gramsecond 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...
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The Bureau of Standards: Its History, Activities and Organization

Gustavus Adolphus Weber - Administrative agencies - 1925 - 326 pages
...curent of the centimeter-gramsecond 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...
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A Treatise on Electricity

Frederick Bernard Pidduck - Electric power - 1925 - 690 pages
...effect. At an international conference held at London in 1908 the international ampere was defined as the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with an authorised specification, deposits silver at the rate of 1•11800 milligrams...
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The Metric System: Hearings Before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures - Metric system - 1926 - 374 pages
...centimeters. These figures could just as well be given in English units. The ampere is represented as the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with certain specifications, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 gram per second....
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