A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 387
of galvanome- ^/ \ ter there is also acoil surrounding theupper needle, thetwo coils being op-positely connected,so that the deflectionon both needles is inthe same direction,and the deflecting FiS- 404- Astatic System.power is equal to the sum of the two coils, whilethe directive power of the… … in the same direction, since their poles point inopposite directions. In some galvanometers a varying degree ofsensitiveness is obtained by means of a magnet,called a compensating magnet, placed on an axisabove the magnetic needle. As the compensat-ing magnet is moved towards or away from theneedle…
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