The standard electrical dictionary; a popular dictionary of words, terms, and phrases, used in the practice of electrical engineering (1897)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · New York, H. W. Henley & co. · leaf 34
per second. It is one-tenth the absoluteC. G. S. unit of current strength. Its best analogy is derived fromwater. Assuming the electric current to be represented by a cur-rent of water, the pressure, head, or descent producing such currentwould be the electro-motive force. The current might be… … Fig. 13. The Miners Inch as an Analogy for the Ami through a hole an inch square under a given head, sav six inchesof water. This unit is the miners inch, and is the exact analogyof the ampere. A current of water may flow at the rate of so manyminers inches, just as a current of electricity may…
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