A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 188
ent. The circuit is bent in the form of a rectangle,circle or solenoid, and terminates in points thatdip in the mercury cups. The current is led intoand out of the apparatus at the points -f- and —at the base of the upright supports. When a magnet, or another circuit, is ap-proached to the movable… … Fig, 217. Deflection of Circuit by a Magnet, below the movable circuit C C, the circuit willtend to place itself at right angles to the axis ofthe magnet. This movement is the same aswould occur if electric currents were circulatingaround the magnet in the direction of the assumedAmperian currents.…
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