Cumming, Linnæus, b. 1843. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand · leaf 111
a 92 Electricity. [Book II. consequence of the general law of distribution stated above,that the force close to any point on an electrified conductor isproportional only to the density of the electrification at thatpoint.1 Hence for our purpose it matters little whether wespeak of the force near a… … Fig. 59. of its more general properties. To obtain numerical resultswe must employ the Torsion Balance, charging independ-ently the needle ball • after touching with the carrier ball acertain part of the conductor, introduce it into the balance,as before carefully avoiding contact, and observe the…
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