Electrical machinery; a practical study course on installation, operation and maintenance (1921)
Annett, Fred Anzley · New York [etc.] McGraw-Hill book company · leaf 42
f anelectric cui-rent in a conductor. Tn Fig. 28 is represented awire cai-rying a current in the direction of the arrow; themagnetic field is shown by the dotted circh^s and airow- ELEMENTARY MAGNETISM 25 heads. If a compass is placed on top of the conductor, it willpoint in the direction of the… … Fig. 28.—Shows direction of compass when placed near anelectric conductor. right hand with the fingers pointing around the conductorin the direction that the compass points, the thumb, whenpointing along the conductor, will indicate the direction ofthe current, as illustrated in the figure .…
Electric machinery
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