A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 479
height of the flame areplaced one on each side of the gas chimney. Screening, Electrostatic Screening or shielding from the inductive effects of acharge. A continuous metallic surface surrounding anair space to be shielded, completely protects anybody placed within such air space from… … Fig. 4Q8. MethvensStandard Screen. Scr.] 468 [Scr. the magnetic field and the body to be mag-netically screened. A magnetic needle is screened from the actionof the earths field by placing it inside a hollowiron box, which prevents the lines of force of theearths field from passing through it by…
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