A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 485
cable. Shackling a Wire.—Inserting an insula-tion between the two ends of a cut wire. Shaded or Screened.—Cut off or screenedfrom the effects of an electrostatic or mag-netic field. (See Screening, Magnetic. Screen,Magnetic. Screen, Electric) Shadow, Electric A term some-times used for molecular… … Fig. 501. Molecular Shadow, . If a, in the Crookes tube, shown in Fig. 501,be connected with the negative pole of an elec-tric source, and the cross-shaped mass of alu-minium at b, be connected with the positive elec-trode, on the passage of a series of rapiddischarges, phosphorescence is produced…
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