A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 460
gingthe quadrants of hisquadrant electrometer. Two brass carriers Cand D, shown in Fig. 486,are electrically fixed to theend of the vulcanite rodE, which is capable of ro-tation by the thumb screwat M, in the directionshown by the arrow. Hol-low metal half-cylinders,A and B, act as inductors,a… … stood from the following considerations, as sug-gested by Ayrton in his Practical Electricity : A and B, Fig. 487, are two insulated hollowmetallic vessels having a small difference of po-tential between them, A, being the higher. C,and D, are two small uncharged conductors heldby insulating…
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