A manual of electricity, magnetism and meteorology (1844)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812-1882 · London Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans · leaf 389
re twocopper wires, twistedround a glass rod, and terminating in platinum wires,the ends of which formed a rectangle, as in the figure;but the points were not quite in contact at e. Thearrangement at the right hand wire is a decomposingapparatus, to indicate the passage of the current.Things being… … CHAP. III. VOLTAIC EFFECTS. 353 sition occurred, which ceased when the lamp was re-moved.* (344.) The heating power of voltaic electricity has heenfrequently alluded to; it is manifested in cases whereresistance is offered to the transmission of a current,as where a thin wire, especially of…
Atmospheric electricity · Electricity -- Early works to 1850 · Magnetism
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