Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887 · Toronto : James Campbell · leaf 126
one, and these arequite separated from each other, as far as electricity isconcerned, inasmuch as glass does not conduct electri-city. Now suppose I take the jar by its outside coatingin my hand, and hold the inside knob to the conductorof an electrical machine at work. The positive elec-tricity… … ii8 SCIENCE PRIMERS. [electrified earth, and attracting the negative. In fact there will bea battahon of positive electricity in the inside coatingfacing an opposite battalion of negative electricity inthe outside coating, the two longing very much tomeet, but unable to do so for the glass. So…
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