Elementary lessons in electricity & magnetism (1895)
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916 · New York and London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 11
to magnetism and CHAP. I ELECTRIC ATTRACTION currents, and the relations between them. The subject ofelectric waves is briefly discussed at the end of the book.2. Electric Attraction. — If you take a piece of seal-ing- wax, or of resin, or a glass rod, and rub it upon apiece of flannel or silk, it… … Fig. l. was originally discovered to be a property of amber, or,as the Greeks called it, yjXtKTpov, which is mentioned byThales of Miletus (b.c. 600), and by Theophrastus in histreatise on Gems, as attracting light bodies when rubbed.Although an enormous number of substances possess thisproperty,…
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