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 64
vanom-eter will show a violentdeflection, + electricity rushing through it into the interior of thecable and a — charge being accumulated on the outside of it wherethe water touches the gutta-percha. The flow will go on, thoughdiminishing, until the cable is fully charged, taking, perhaps, anhour.… … Fig. 153. 361. Modes of Discharge.—An electrified con-ductor may be discharged in at least three ways, viz,, bythe disruptive discharge, by the convective dischargeand by the conductive discharge. The discharge in anyof these ways is accompanied by a transformation of en-ergy. Sound, light, heat,…
Electricity · Magnetism
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