Elementary Lessons in Electricity and MagnetismMacmillan, 1915 - 706 pages |
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acid action alternating currents amperemeter amperes angle anode armature atoms attracted battery cable capacity carbon centimetres charge chemical circuit coil condenser conductor copper copper wire core coulombs current flows Daniell cell deflexion dielectric difference of potential direction discharge disk distance dynamo dynes earth elec electric force electrolytic electromagnet electrometer electromotive-force electrons electroscope electrostatic energy equal galvanometer glass gramme heat Hence hydrogen induction influence machine instrument insulated internal resistance iron kathode lamp Leclanché cell Leyden jar light lines of force liquid machine magnetic field magnetic force magnetic lines magnetic pole measured metal method motor moving needle negative ohms oscillations pass placed plate platinum polarized positive produced proportional quantity of electricity relay repelled rotation round self-induction spark sphere square steel strength surface tangent galvanometer telegraph temperature tion transmitting tube turns unit of electricity velocity voltage voltmeter volts watts zinc
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Page 646 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm equal to 10" units of resistance of the CGS system of electromagnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of the length of 106.3 centimetres.
Page 646 - 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 attached to these Resolutions, deposits silver at the rate of 0.00111800 of a gram per second.
Page 647 - Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Him by the said Act, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to...
Page 315 - I say, if these things are so, may not the knowledge of this power of points be of use to mankind, in preserving houses, churches, ships, &c. from the stroke of lightning, by directing us to fix on the highest parts of those edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground, or down round one of the shrouds of a ship...
Page 223 - According to it, the equivalent weights of bodies are simply those quantities of them which contain equal quantities of electricity, or have naturally equal electric powers; it being the ELECTRICITY which determines the equivalent number, because it determines the combining force. Or, if we adopt the atomic theory or phraseology, then the atoms of bodies which are equivalents to each other in their ordinary chemical action have equal quantities of electricity naturally associated with them.
Page 233 - Tuscany that when a portion of muscle of a frog's leg, hanging by a thread of nerve, bound with silver wire, was held over a copper support so that both nerve and wire touched the copper, the muscle immediately contracted.
Page 327 - The unit difference of magnetic potential exists between two points, when it requires the expenditure of one erg of work to bring a unit magnetic pole from one point to the other against the magnetic forces.
Page 647 - The unit of electro-motive force shall be what is known as the international volt, which is the electro-motive force that, steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one international ohm, will produce a current of an international ampere...
Page 185 - Every portion of the circuit is acted upon by a force urging it in such a direction as to make it enclose within its embrace the greatest possible number of lines offeree.
Page 315 - ... edifices, upright rods of iron made sharp as a needle, and gilt to prevent rusting, and from the foot of those rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground, or down round one of the shrouds of a ship, and down her side till it reaches the water? Would not these pointed rods probably draw the electrical fire silently out of a cloud before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief?