Elementary treatise on electricity and magnetism : (1905)
Foster, G. C. (George Carey), 1835-1919, Joubert, J. (Jules François), 1834-1910, Porter, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1863-1939 · London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 559
ively electrified appears to contra-dict it. The origin of atmospheric electricityhas also been sought for in the inductioncurrents which the motion of the earth B^might develop in the upper regions ofthe atmosphere, supposing these to beconductors (324). Let us imagine aconducting arc, ab (Fig.… … 538 ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY [470 west to east, develops therein an inductive eleetiouioiive force, thediiectioii of wliicli is fioni the equator to the pole. If the arc werein contact with the globe by sliding contacts at N and E, and thecircuit closed, the induction would produce a continuous…
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