Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 761
water, the fly remains stationary, for wateris a good conductor ; but in olive oil, which is a bad conductor, the whirlrotates. When the electricity thus escapes by a point, the electrified air is repelledso strongly as not only to be perceptible to the hand, but also to engendera current strong…
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