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Natural philosophy. being a hand-book of chemical physics, or, The physics of heat, light and electricity (1869)

Sangster, John Herbert, 1831-1904 · Montreal : J. Lovell · leaf 168

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s, invented by Volta, consists of a cir-cular metallic dish, a b, Fig. 50, having a rim about a third of aninch high. This dish is filledwith a mixture of 1 part Veniceturpentine, 1 part shellac, and 1part resin, melted together at agentle heat, and, after beingspoured into the dish, allowed tocool… … 161 THE LEYDEN JAR, 404. The resinous plate of the Electrophorus becomes nega-tively electrified when rubbed with dry flannel or fur. Uponreplacing the cover, this being insulated, is acted upon induc-tively by the charged plate of resin—the positive electricitybeing attracted to the lower surface,…

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