Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 463
442 ETHEK DYNAMICS. d. Finally bring the two shells near each other; they attract eachother. Allow them to touch each other, and then test each with thetissue paper or the electroscope; it will be found that both have becomedischarged. From the above operations we learn that when an electri-fied… … Fig. 338. conductor, the electrified body acts across the dielectric uponthe conductor, repelling electricity of the same kind to theremote side of the conductor, and attracting the opposite kindto the side near to it. Such electrical action is called induc-tion. The electrified body which produces…
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