Electricity for everybody; its nature and uses explained (1895)
Atkinson, Philip · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 48
is area, the less frequent the spark, and the greater pro-portionally is its energy. Electric pressure is not dependent on the number ofplates, but on their diameter; being no greater in a four-plate or an eight-plate machine than in a two-plate havingplates of the same diameter. Length and… … Fig. 10. STATIC ELECTRICITY. 35 measurement of their electric pressure may be ascer-tained by an instrument known as the electrometer. Static Induced Current.— When a discharge occursbetween the inner coatings of the jars through the slid-ing-rods, there is an equal discharge in the opposite…
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