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 614
rely in iron or other paramagnetic substance. Magnetic Induction, Lines of. Lines which show the direction andquantity of the lines of force in amagnetic field. Magnetic Spectrum. The figuresproduced by iron filings upon glassor paper held near magnetic poles. (See Magnetic Field of Force—Magnetic… … 610 STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY. Metal, Non=Arcing. It was discovered by Wurtz that certainmetals of the cadmium group would not sustain an arc betweenelectrodes formed of them. It is probably because the spark, oncrossing between the electrodes, volatilizes and oxides some of themetal and…
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