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 277
mei-cury in the lower vessel, is connected with apoint on a wire joining the terminals, the potential of the mercuryA becomes less than that of the mercury b, and the difference ofpotentials becomes greater and greater as the resistance of thepart of the battery-circuit, between the points to which… … Fig. 148. 166] ELECTRO-CAPILLARY PHENOMENA 255 the difference of potentials has reached a value of about 09 volt:as the potential difference is still further increased the mercuryreturns toward the point, and may pass beyond its initial position.If we mark the position of the mercury when the…
Electricity · Magnetism
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