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 437
arth is arbitrarily takenas the zero of electric potential. The theoretical zero is the potential of a point infinitely distantfrom all electrified bodies. Potentiometer. An arrangement somewhat similar to theWheatstone Bridge for determining potential difference, or theelectro-motive force of a… … Fig. 272. Diagram of Potentiometer Connections. and in shunt with its circuit the battery under trial and its galvan-ometer are connected, but so that its current is in opposition. Bya graduated wire, like that of a meter bridge, the potential of the STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY. 433 main battery…
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