Cumming, Linnæus, b. 1843. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand · leaf 170
therefore at eachdischarge of the unit jar a certain definite amount of electricityhas left the outer coat and gone to the conductor, this amountbeing unaffected by the discharge of the bound charges of thejar. We may take this amount as our provisional unit, andso charge conductors with a certain… … Fig. 99. The inventor of the unit jar investigated several laws ofelectrical action by its means, of which we will take two asillustrations, the one referring to the striking distance, andthe other to the capacity of a Ley den battery or jar. The striking distance really depends on the form and…
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