 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1864 - 1112 pages
...understood than any other electrical term. Electric potential is defined by Prof. W. Thomson as foOowsJ : " The potential, at any point in the neighbourhood of...magnetic pole. (Analogous definitions might be given of gravitation potential, heat potential, and every one of these potentials coexist at every point of... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1867 - 562 pages
...electrometer largely by the electricity thev carry. t The term electric potential is defined by Prof. Wm. Thomson as follows : — 'The potential, at any point...given distribution of electricity remained unaltered.' (Paper read before the British Association, 1852.) (44.) Exploring- Wires. — The late Mr. Crosse... | |
 | Robert M. Ferguson - 1867 - 310 pages
...potential,' according to Sir William Thomson, 'at any point in the neighbourhood or within a charged body, is the quantity of work that would be required...•distribution of electricity remained unaltered.' If the point here named be + , the potential will also be positive ; but if — it will be — ; that... | |
 | British association comm. on electr. standards - 1873 - 284 pages
...perhaps less generally understood than any other electrical term. Electric potential is defined by Prof. "W. Thomson as follows *: " The potential, at any...magnetic pole. (Analogous definitions might be given of gravitation potential, heat potential; and every one of these potentials coexist at every point of... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1873 - 284 pages
...less generally understood than any other electrical term. Electric potential is defined by Prof. ЛУ. Thomson as follows* : " The potential, at any point...distribution of electricity remained unaltered." It win be observed that this definition is exactly analogous to that given of magnetic potential (10),... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 752 pages
...(British Association Report, 1852, Phil. Mag., 1H53) : " The potential at any point in the neighborhood of or within an electrified body, is the quantity...given distribution of electricity remained unaltered." He also speaks of the difference of electric potential between any two points, as the quantity of work... | |
 | Frederick William Levander - 1880 - 156 pages
...the method employed by Faraday for determining the specific inductive capacity of shellac. (1879). The potential at any point in the neighbourhood of,...that point, if the given distribution of electricity remain unaltered. A conductor covered with latent electricity is said to be charged. Capacity refers... | |
 | Frederick William Levander - 1880 - 136 pages
...the method employed by Faraday for determining the specific inductive capacity of shellac. (1879). a unit of positive electricity from an infinite distance...that point, if the given distribution of electricity remain unaltered. A conductor covered with latent electricity is said to be charged. Capacity refers... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1884 - 512 pages
...the neighbourhood of or within an electrified body is the quantity of work that would be required tu bring a unit of positive electricity from an infinite...that point, if the given distribution of electricity remain unaltered. The ' difference of potential ' between two points is therefore the quantity of work... | |
 | Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1887 - 848 pages
...light is due to Edison. 38. Electric Potential. This term is thus defined by Sir W. Thomson : — " The potential at any point in the neighbourhood of...given distribution of electricity remained unaltered." 39. Electricus Ictus. The electric shock. Ictus fulminis and ictus fulmineus are classical expressions... | |
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The potential, at any point in the neighbourhood of or within an electrified body, is the quantity of work that would be required to bring a unit of positive electricity from an infinite distance to that point, if the given distribution of electricity... 
