ctrically connected with theknob, and then these leaves, being both charged withthe same kind of electricity, begin to repel each otheras you see in the figure. The electroscope is now inaction. Experiment 56.—Having thus charged the electro-scope with positive electricity, let us bring near… … Pk. i\. BODIES.] PHYSICS. 133 negative to itself, and repelling the positive to the goldleaves. If, therefore, the leaves had been previously-charged with positive electricity, they will nowdiverge more widely. Experiment 57.—If we now bring near the knobof the clectioscopc, charged as before with…
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