I went into the cube and lived in it, and using lighted candles, electrometers, and all other tests of electrical states,. I could not find the least influence upon them, or indication of anything particular given by them, though all the time the outside... Series 1-14 [Phil. trans., 1831-38] 1839 - Page 366by Michael Faraday - 1839Full view - About this book
| Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - 1884 - 378 pages
...or indication of anything particular given by them, though all the time the outside of the cube wiis powerfully charged, and large sparks and brushes were...darting off from every part of its outer surface." So persistently does tbf charge keep to the outside that if a charged conductor be turned inside out... | |
| Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1885 - 1306 pages
...says, " I went into the cube and lived in it, using lighted candles, electrometers, and all other test* of electrical states. I could not find the least influence...darting off from every part of its outer surface." The fact that electricity resides only on the external surface of a conductor, combined with the fact that... | |
| William Barlow (of Muswell Hill.) - 1885 - 422 pages
...lived in it, and using all other tests of electrical states, I could not find the least influence upon them, though all the time the outside of the cube...large sparks and brushes were darting off from every point of its outer surface." We conclude, therefore, that, in the case referred to, the ether which... | |
| Linnaeus Cumming - 1886 - 418 pages
...connection with a FIo. 58. powerful electrical machine, which was worked for some time. He then says: — "I went into the cube and lived in it, and using lighted...sparks and brushes were darting off from every part ef its outer surface." We may imitate this experiment by placing a metal wire cage over a gold-leaf... | |
| Linnaeus Cumming - 1887 - 418 pages
...connection with a FIG. 58. powerful electrical machine, which was worked for some time. He then says :— "I went into the cube and lived in it, and using lighted...darting off from every part of its outer surface." We may imitate this experiment by placing a metal wire cage over a gold-leaf electroscope supported... | |
| Philip Atkinson - 1887 - 270 pages
...insulated and charged by a powerful electric machine. He says : " I went into this cube and lived in it, using lighted candles, electrometers, and all other...darting off from every part of its outer surface." This experiment verifies the statement made on page 12 in regard to zero potential ; showing that however... | |
| 1888 - 966 pages
...lived in it, and using jU other teats of electrical states, I could not find the least influence upon them, though all the time the outside of the cube...charged, and large sparks and brushes were darting oil from every point of ita outer surface." The proposition that the potential is constant inside a... | |
| Arthur William Poyser - 1889 - 264 pages
...insulated in the lecture-room of the Royal Institution. ... I went into the cube and lived in it, and used lighted candles, electrometers, and all other tests...darting off from every part of its outer surface.' ' Applications. — Delicate apparatus may therefore be enveloped by wire, or even cotton-gauze, to... | |
| Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith - 1890 - 938 pages
...lived in it, and using ill other tests of electrical states, I could not find the least influence upon them, though all the time the outside of the cube...charged, and large sparks and brushes were darting on from every point of its outer surface. " The proposition that the potential is constant inside a... | |
| Linnaeus Cumming - 1891 - 432 pages
...connection with a FIG. 58. powerful electrical machine, which was worked for some time. He then says:—"I went into the cube and lived in it, and using lighted...darting off from every part of its outer surface." We may imitate this experiment by placing a metal wire cage over a gold-leaf electroscope supported... | |
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