Elementary treatise on electricity and magnetism (1903)
Foster, George Carey, 1835-1919, Joubert, Jules François, 1834-1910. Traité élémentaire d'électricité, Porter, Alfred William, 1863- joint author · London, New York, Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 160
oining hands in a chain, while the first graspsthe outside, and the one at the end brings his hand to the knob. Experiment shows that the physiological effect depends on theenergy of the discharge, that is to say, jointly on the fall of poten-tial and on the quantity of electricity. Thus we may… … Fig. 92. 138 EFFECTS OF THE DISCHARGE [97 electricity, the discharge by cascade gives a more violent shockthan that of a single jar. Another circumstance which comes intoplay is the duration of the discharge and the manner in which it iseffected; thus a battery which would give a violent shock…
Electricity · Magnetism
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