The elements of natural philosophy : copiously illustrated by familiar experiments and containing descriptions of instruments, with directions for using : designed for the use of schools and academies (1856)
Sprague, A. W. (Alfred White), 1821-1891 · Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company · leaf 193
y of afree communication betw^een the outside coating and the earth,during the act of charging a Leyden Jar or battery. 159. Glass, resins, air, and all kindred insulating media whichresist the passage of the electric fluid, but through which thismay exert its inductive power, are called… … State the expeinment with the Leyden Jar placed upon an insulated stand.Wliat will be necessary to enable the jar thus placed to become fully charged ?Give the explanation of this phenomena. What are dielectrics? How is elec-tricity supposed to act through such bodies ? 188 INDUCTION. 152, and…
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