A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 193
aying of the mains. Testing the poten-tial by placing an incandescent lamp in the circuitacross the mains, the increase of the potentialwith the increase of the length of the main wasshown by the increased brilliancy of the light ofthe incandescent lamp. Various explanations have been given as… … Fig. 226. Hall Effect.due to magnetic whirls, in a manner similar tothe Faraday effect. The Hall effect is produced by placing a verythin metallic strip, conveying an electric current,in a strong magnetic field. The cross A B C D, Fig. 226, is cut out of a gold leaf or other very thin metallic…
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