...quiescent state arranged in a polarized form (fig. 17), they become so by the influence of contiguous and charged particles, — they then assume a forced state,...when more readily, conduction is the consequence. Hence conductors and insulators are bodies whose particles have naturally more or less power to communicate...

...normal position ;—being more or less conductors, the particles charge either bodily or by polarity; —contiguous particles can communicate their forces...when more readily, conduction is the consequence. Hence conductors and insulators are bodies whose particles have naturally more or less power to communicate...

...the influence of contiguous and charged particles. They then assume DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC CHARGE. a forced state, and tend to return, by a powerful...electrical forces to each other in an extremely minute degree ; the charged body producing in it an equal amount of the opposite force, and this it does by...

...quiescent state they are not arranged in a polarized form, but become so by the influence of contiguous and charged particles. They then assume a forced state,...electrical forces to each other in an extremely minute degree; the charged body producing in it an equal amount of the opposite force, and this it does by...

...quiescent state they are not arranged in a polarized form, but become so by the influence of contiguous and charged particles. They then assume a forced state,...communicate the electrical forces to each other in an exDISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC CHARGE. FIG. 170. 3 f e tremely minute degree ; the charged body producing...

...that contiguous particles can communicate their forces more or less readily one to the other,—when less readily the polarized state rises higher, and...is the result; when more readily conduction is the result. Insulation of an ordinary kind is the action of a charged body upon insulating matter, or matter...

...quiescent state they are not arranged in a polarized form, but become so by the influence of contiguous and charged particles. They then assume a forced state,...communicate the electrical forces to each other in an exDISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC CHARGE. FIG. 170. J f o TIC a tremely minute degree ; the charged body producing...

...forced state, and tend to return by a constantly increasing tension to their original normal condition. Contiguous particles can communicate their forces...is the result ; when more readily conduction is the result. Insulation of an ordinary kind is the action of a charged body upon insulating matter, or matter...