A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 49
magnetic axis of a straight needle may beregarded as a straight line passing through thepoles of the needle and its point of support. The magnetic axis may not correspond withthe geometric axis of theneedle. This leads toan error in reading thetrue direction in whichthe needle is pointing,which… … F*g> 32. MagneticAxis. Axis of Abscissas.—(See Abscissas, Axisof) Axis of Ordinates.—(See Ordinates, Axisof) Azimuth.—In astronomy, the angular dis-tance between an azimuth circle and themeridian. The azimuth of a heavenly body in the North-ern Hemisphere is measured on the arc of thehorizon…
Electricity · Electrical engineering
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from [Electric engineering.] (1902)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-electricengineer01inte-437-172.webp)
