Electrical Influence MachinesWhittaker, 1890 - 237 pages |
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Electrical Influence Machines: A Full Account of Their Historical ... John Gray No preview available - 2017 |
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action apparatus attached axis brushes cake carried round carriers cell centimetre centre charge of electricity collecting combs conductor connected constructed cylinder Daniell cell density described diagram dielectric difference of potential discharging knobs discharging rods distance doubler ductor duplex machine earth ebonite elastic diaphragms elec electric field electrified body electrodes electrometer electrophorus excited F₂ fixed disc fixed plate friction front glass disc glued guard plate guard ring holes Holtz machine horizontal imparted inductors influence machine inside instrument insulated length Leyden jar metallic mounted movable disc needle negative charge negative electricity neutralizing rod opposite paper field plates paper sectors pass piece pith ball placed positive charge positive electricity produced pulley quadrants quantity of electricity receiving spring replenisher rotating disc rotating plates screw shellac side sparks sphere spindle surface Thomson's Toepler Töpler Machine touch tricity tubes of force turned vertical Voss machine vulcanite Wimshurst machine wire
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