A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 53
coal intoelectrical energy. Balloon Signaling for Military Pur-poses.—(See Sig7ialing, Balloon, for Mil-itary Purposes) Balls, Pith Two balls of pith, sus-pended by conducting threads of cotton toinsulated conductors, employed to show theelectrification of the same by their mutualrepulsion. The… … Fig.36. Jith Ball Cylinder. Bands, Auroral Approximately parallel streaks of light sometimes seenduring the prevalence of the aurora. (SeeAurora Boreal is.) Bank of Lamps.—(See La?nps, Bank of) Banked Battery.—(See Battery, Ba?iked) Bar, Detorsion A bar placed in a magnetic instrument called a…
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