Electricity and magnetism : an elementary text-book, theoretical and practical (1920)
Glazebrook, Richard, Sir, 1854-1935 · Cambridge : The University press · leaf 13
and rub it with a dry silk handkerchief, thenhold it over a number of bitsof tissue paper the tissuepaper jumps up to the rod;probably some bits stick tothe rod while others aftertouching it are repelled andfly away. The same effect canbe shewn by rubbing a pieceof sealing-wax or a rod ofebonite… … 4 ELECTRICITY [CH, I near the ball; the ball is attracted to the glass as inFigure 1; allow the two to come into contact, the ball isthen repelled from the glass. Again take a second pith ball suspended in the same wayand rub a rod of ebonite with dry flannel; then bringthe rod near the ball, it is…
Electricity · Magnetism
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