Modern electricity and magnetism, theoretically and practically considered (1885)
Avery, Elroy M[cKendree], 1844- [from old catalog] · New York and Chicago, Sheldon and company · leaf 55
their electric charges can pass through the glass. Inthe case of the pane ofglass with its two tin-foilcoats, or in the similar caseof two metallic plates, Aand B^ separated by a layerof dry air or other non-conductor, (7, as shown inFig. 14e5, the two chargesare ^bound,^^ each by theattraction of… … Fig. 145. FRICTJONAL ELECTRICITY, 225 ing no opposite plate like Ay be connected with 5 by acopper wire and the middle of the wire brought into con-tact with the prime conductor, nearly the whole chargewill go to B and very little to the third plate. The ca-pacity of a charged conductor is greatly…
Electricity · Magnetism
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