A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 256
through which an elec-tric current is flowing, will deflect a magneticneedle placed near it. This deflection is due tothe magnetic field caused by the current. (SeeField, Magnetic, of an Electric Current.) This action of the current was first discoveredby Oersted. A wire conveying a current in the… … Fig. 264. Oersteds Experiment. deflection of a magnetic pole by an electrical cur-rent : (1.) Place the right hand on the conductorthrough which the current is flowing, with thepalm facing the north pole, and with the fingerspointing in the direction of the current. Thethumb will indicate the…
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