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 59
* bound negative elec-tricity of the outer coat, in turn, binds the positive of the inner coat,which then may receive a further charge and so on. The innercoat will receive a much greater quantity of electricity than it pos-sibly could were it not for the attraction of its opposite on the… … Fig. 149. (6.) Thus we see again that the capacity of a conductor is greatlyincreased when it is placed near a conductor charged with the oppo-
Electricity · Magnetism
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