American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 257
nt back-ward and returns under the strip and is con-nected to the battery at n. The outward bound 250 AMERICAN HOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. current starting at p is traced by the continu-ous line across the wood and on to the magnet;and the return current by the dotted line backto the battery; the outgoing… … upon the two wires as they are fastened uponthe strip of wood, in metallic contact with both,the instant consequence is, that the current ofelectricity will not go the long circuit throughthe magnet, but will cross over by that shortcut which the transverse affords back to thebattery, thus…
Clocks and watches
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