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 423
ing a voire i» deiaik 420 TOPULAIl PHYSICS. water in the same manner as in air; but the experiment is moredifficult to make. Mechanical Effects of Electricity. 396. The Mechanical Effects of Electricity aremanifested when large charges of electricity are passedthrough imperfect conductors. They… … Fig. 279. powerful charge from a battery through it. In this way a smallblock of wood may be torn to splinters in an instant. Fig. 279 represents an apparatus by means of which a hole maybe torn in a card by using a single Leyden jar. A card is placed atthe top of a glass cylinder, beneath which is…
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