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 421
, so 416 STANDARD ELECTRICAL, DICTIONARY. that the potential of distant parts of the system can be watched.The wires can be very small, as they have but little current totransmit. Pistol, Electric. An experimental apparatus for exhibiting thepower of electric incandescence or of the electric spark.… … Fig. 264. Electric Pistol. with their ends brought near together to act as terminals for theproduction of a spark. To use it the tube is filled with a mixtureof air and gas, the latter either hydrogen, hydro-carbon or othercombustible gas. The tube when full is corked. The wire isheated to…
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