A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 559
all Plug-.—(See Plug, Wall.) Wall Socket.—(See Socket, Wall.) Ward.—A term proposed b\ James Thom-son for a line and direction in a line. Sir William Thomson thus defines the ward ofmagnetization: The ward in which the magnet-izing force urges a portion of the ideal northernmagnetic matter or… … Fig. 365. Wrights Demagnetization Apparatus. The demagnetizaion of watches can be readilyeffected by a method proposed by J. J. Wright. Wat.] 550 [Wat. The watch is held by its chain and slowly loweredto the bottom of a hollow conical coil of wire, andthen slowly withdrawn from the coil. The wire…
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