A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 170
netic.—The property possessed bysubstances like bismuth, phosphorus, anti-mony, zinc and numerous others, of beingapparently repelled when placed between thepoles of powerful magnets When diamagnetic substances in the form ofrods or bars are placed, as m Fig. 199, betweenthe poles of a powerful… … Fig. igg Effect of Para-magnetism, stances in a straight line joining the poles, atright angles to the position shown in Fig. 199. Paramagnetic substances are sometimes calledferro-magnetic, or substances magnetic after themanner of iron. This word is unnecessary andill-advised. The term…
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