Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 405
x on theback plate at the moment when this is in contact with the brushWj. This latter sector then acquires by influence a negative charge,the sector z at the other end of c receiving a positive charge whilethe sector z opposite it, on the other plate, receives by influence anegative charge. As the… … Fig. 480. d * - d -Diagram of a Wimshurst machine. *This method of explanation is due to Prof. S. P. Thompson ; see his Elementary Lessons inElectricity and Magnetism, p. 63. EXPLANATION OF THP] ACTION OF THE MACHINE 395 Again, the negative charge on x and the positive charge on zare brouglit…
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