Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 414
ge in a con-denser ? ( 390.) What is the Leyden Jar ? Describe it ACCUMULATION OF ELEOTJUCITY. 411 This is a condenser in which the glass of the bottle serves as aninsulator, whilst the metallic substances within and without corre-spond to the metallic plates in the instrument already described.The… … Fig. 270. The Leyden jar is charged by holding the outer tinnedpart in the hand, and bringing the button in contact withthe prime conductor of an electrical machine, as shown inFig. 270. The positive fluid is accumulated in the interior,and acts by induction upon the outer coating, which…
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