A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 189
flow in opposite directions theyrepel each other, and, if free to move, will cometo rest when parallel to each other ; therefore,two portions of a circuit crossing each other tendto move until they are parallel, and their currentsare flowing in the same direction. (3.) Successive portions of the… … Fig. 222. Mutual Action oj Magnetic Fields. centre, will be continuously rotated in the direc-tion of the curved arrow by the rectilinear cur-rent, P Q; for, the directions of the currents beingas shown by the arrows, there will be attractionin the positions (1) and (2), and repulsion in po-sition…
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