Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 441
a circuit varies inversely as the diameter of thewire, and directly as the length of the wire. 428 SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES. The Ampere, the Unit of Current.—The unit of electricalcurrent is called the ampere, which has been authoritatively fixedas the equivalent of the current strength, which can… … /£T**w\ Fig. 326.—Diagram of a Series Circuit, showing- Three Galvanic Cells in Bat-tery. As shown, the copper, or positive, pole of the first cell is connectedto the zinc, or negative pole of the second, and so on; leaving a negativeterminal at one end and a positive at the other. Thus the…
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