Elementary lessons in electricity and magnetism (1906)
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916, Schwetzky, Otto H. L. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thompson & Thomas · leaf 54
diverge, forthe presence of the charge acts inductively, and attracts 36 ELEMENTARY LESSOxXS ON [chap. i. a ^ charge into the interior and repels a -l- charge to theexterior. The gold leaves diverge more and more untilthe ball is right within the hollovv^ conductor, after whichno greater divergence… … Fig. 21. leaves diverge no v/iderafter the ball touchedthan they did justbefore, proves thatwhen the charged ballis right inside thehollow conductor theinduced charges areeach of them preciselyequal in amount toits own charge, and theinterior negative chargeexactly neutralises thecharge on the ball…
Electricity · Magnetism
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