Hawkins electrical guide ... : questions, answers & illustrations : a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications ; a practical treatise (1914)
Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928 · New York : T. Audel & Co. · leaf 46
site ends of diametrical conducting rods placed atright angles to one another; the third pair are insulated from one an-other and form the principal collectors, the one giving positive and theother negative electricity. The plates are revolving in opposite directions; thus if there be acharge on… … Fig 34.—The Wimshurst Electric Machine. NOTE.—Suppose that the conditions are as in the fig. 34, that is, the segment Ai is positiveand the segment Bi negative. Now, as Ai moves to the left and Bi to the right, their potentialswill rise on account of the work done in separating them against…
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