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 788
y(>2 Frictional Electricity. [792- … If the upper knob inside a Kinnersleys thermometer be replaced by apoint, and the outside knob is connected with the prime conductor of amachine at work, the electricity discharges itself in the form of a brush,and a permanent displacement of the liquid in the stem shows that thisis due to the…
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