A manual of electricity, magnetism and meteorology (1844)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812-1882 · London Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans · leaf 104
qually fused. Hence it appears byexperiment, as is evident by theory, that whether theintensity of the charge be doubled, or the extent ofcharged surface be doubled, the effect produced by thedischarge is the same. Before we dismiss the subject of the accumulation ofelectricity by the aid of… … consists of four metallic plates, A, B, C, and D. Thedisc A is supported on a glass pillar, by which it is in-sulated ; this glass pillar is fixed into a wooden tablewhich supports the apparatus. The disc B is likewise f -z 68 ELECTRO-STATICS. BOOK 1. sustained by a glass pillar, which is fixed in…
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