Elementary treatise on electricity and magnetism : founded on Joubert's "Traité élémentaire d'électricité" (1909)
Foster, G. Carey (George Carey), Porter, Alfred William, 1863-1939, Joubert, Jules François · London : Longmans · leaf 133
the cylindersA and B. Four springs, a, h, c, d, placed at the same distance fromthe axis, are touched in succession by the projecting parts of theplates P and Q ; a and h communicate with A and B respectively,while c and d are connected with each other. The action of theIeplenisher is essentially… … A and a (Fig. 57) are insulated metal cylinders into which dipthe nozzles from which the drops fall. If A has a slight positivecharge, the drops within it being, up to the moment of breakingaway, connected with the earth, must be at zero potential and thus carry away a negative charge. Theythen…
Electricity · Magnetism
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