The outlines of physics: an elementary text-book (1897)
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd. · leaf 252
s follows: A strip of sheetmetal, about 40 cm. long and 10 cm.wide, is bent into the form ahcd, Fig.196. It is mounted upon an insulat-ing support, and pith balls attached toshort silk fibers are fastened, two tothe outside and two to the inner sur-face, as shown in the figure. Whenthis little… … Fig. 196. 211. Quantity of Electricity. — An electrostatic chargebeing the result of the expenditure of energy, we mayuse the words quantity of electricity in the same way inwhich we used them in the subject of Heat. (See Arts.142 and 146.) The unit by means of which, or in termsof which,…
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