Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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Page 316
... pole , with its prefixes of positive and negative , and the attached ideas of attraction and repulsion . The general phraseology is , that the positive pole attracts oxygen , acids , & c . , or , more cautiously , that it determines ...
... pole , with its prefixes of positive and negative , and the attached ideas of attraction and repulsion . The general phraseology is , that the positive pole attracts oxygen , acids , & c . , or , more cautiously , that it determines ...
Page 328
... pole of the second , the negative pole of the second to the positive pole of the third , and so on , up to the 7th element . We have then what is vulgarly called an intensity battery , ' and the intensity of each indi- vidual element of ...
... pole of the second , the negative pole of the second to the positive pole of the third , and so on , up to the 7th element . We have then what is vulgarly called an intensity battery , ' and the intensity of each indi- vidual element of ...
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... poles of the electro- magnet ( Fig . 336 ) . Thus the space between the two poles is called the mag- netic field , and a straight line drawn from pole to pole , like the poles of the earth , is called the axial line , similar to the ...
... poles of the electro- magnet ( Fig . 336 ) . Thus the space between the two poles is called the mag- netic field , and a straight line drawn from pole to pole , like the poles of the earth , is called the axial line , similar to the ...
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