Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 459
tectthe presence of electrification in a body, and to determine itsIt usually consists of two strips of gold foil, A B (Fig.335), suspended from a brassrod within a glass jar. Tothe upper end of the rod isfixed a metal disk, C. Onthe opposite sides of the in-terior of the jar are two stripsof metal… … CONDUCTION. 439 two strips of foil A and B, but if an electrified body bebrought near the disk, the strips diverge, thus indicating theexistence of a charge of electricity in the body. (2) If the electroscope be charged by contact with an ex-cited body, the strips will remain in a divergent…
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