A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 462
on for chargingthe quadrants of hisquadrant electrometer. Two brass carriers Cand D, shown in Fig. 486,are electrically fixed to theend of the vulcanite rodE, which is capable of ro-tation by the thumb screwat M, in the directionshown by the arrow. Hol-low metal half-cylinders,A and B, act as… … stood from the following considerations, as sug-gested by Ayrton in his Practical Electricity : A and B, Fig. 487, are two insulated hollowmetallic vessels having a small difference of po-tential between them, A, being the higher. C,and D, are two small uncharged conductors heldby insulating…
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