A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1889)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York : W. J. Johnston · leaf 539
Fig. 358. Fig. 339. Resinous Electricity.—A term formerly employed inplace of negative electricity. It was at one time believed that all resinous substances arenegatively electrified by friction. This we now know to beuntrue, the nature of electrification depending as much onthe character of the…
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