A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 192
to mercurycups so connected that the current to be measuredpasses through the fixed and movable coils inseries. When ready for use the movable coil is at rightangles to the fixed coil. The current to be meas-ured is then sent into the coils, and their mutualaction tends to place the movable coil… … Fig. 224. Siemens Electro-Dynamometer. current to be measured. The deflecting force,and consequently the current strength, is there-fore proportional to the square root of the angleof torsion, and not directly to the angle of tor-sion. Dyne.—The unit of force. The force which in one second can…
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