A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 506
al, Electric) Electric surfaces perpendicular to the linesof electric force over which a quantity ofelectricity, considered as being concentratedat a point, may be moved without doingwork. (See Field, Electrostatic.) Equipotential surfaces correspond with a waterlevel, over which a body may be… … Fig. J17. Equipotential Surfaces. Surfaces, Equipotential, Magnetic —Surfaces surrounding the poles of a mag-net, or system of magnets, where the mag-netic potential is the same. (See Potential,Magnetic) Magnetic equipotential surfaces extend in adirection perpendicular to the lines of…
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