Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 401
ere is a flow of electricity, there is a transferof energy. It is well to remember, too, that the electricalenergy is not all within the conductor. On the other hand, ithas been demonstrated that the energy resides chiefly in thesurrounding space and that the conductor simply acts as aguide to it.… … alter its level. In a somewhat similar way, the earth is solarge that all the electrical charges Mhich we can give it donot appreciably alter its electrical level or potential, and so wetake the earth to be our zero of potential. Lake Superior is 602 feet above the level of the sea, and theDead…
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