A manual of electricity, magnetism and meteorology (1844)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812-1882 · London Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans · leaf 563
CTRIC INDUCTION. BOOK VL, (528.) In 1832, M. Pixii of Paris produced amachine in which he used a coil of copper wire insteadof a disc; and he rotated the magnet instead of theconductor. He obtained the spark, the shock, a Leydencharge, deflection of gold leaves, and chemical decom-position.—In the… … features in these machines are the collection of powerfulmagnets to induce the electricity ; the pair of coilsof short, stout wire for quantity effect, and the pairof long, thin wire for intensity effect; and the meansfor collecting the electricity under the most favourablecircumstances. These will…
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