A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 239
ove, will take up a definite position, underthe influence of the lines of magnetic force. Unit strength of magnetic field is the fieldwhich would be produced by a magnetic pole ofunit strength at unit distance. Magnetic attractions and repulsions are assumedto take place along certain lines called… … Fig. 24Q. Magnetic Field. to the paper in the desired plane and then gentlytapping the paper. The groupings of iron filings so obtained aresometimes called magnetic figures. The directions of the lines of force thus shownwill appear from an inspection of Fig. 249, takenin a plane joining the two…
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