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 422
may a -wire be melted? Explain theconstruction and use of the universal discharger. EFFECTS OF ACCUMULATED ELECTRICITY. 419 joints, so as to bring their buttons as near as may be desired to anybody that is plaeed upon the stand, M. To melt a wire by electricity, we attach it to the two inner… … Fig. 278. effected in the manner shown in the figure, the connecting chainbeing managed by means of a hook with a glass handle. At theinstant of contact, the wire, if fine enough, is melted into globules,and even volatilized, that is, reduced to vapor, which disappears inthe air. When the wire is a…
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