A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 429
de-vice, or for connecting different parts of anelectric apparatus with one another. The conducting or circuit wire is either intro-duced in the opening a, or c, Fig. 448, andclamped by the screw b, or b, or is placed inthe space d, d, and kept in place by means of athumbscrew. Sometimes two… … Fig. 448. Binding Posts. Pot, Porous The porous jar or cell of a voltaic cell. (See Cell, Porous?) Potential, Alternating A poten-tial, the sign or direction of-which is alter-nately changing from positive to negative. An alternating potential may be obtained eitherin the case of an electrostatic…
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