The standard electrical dictionary : a popular encyclopaedia of words and terms used in the practice of electrical engineering (1898)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · London : Crosby Lockwood and Son · leaf 267
ter, q. v. Frame. In a dynamo the bed-piece is sometimes called theframe. Franklins Experiment. Franklin proved the identity of light-ning and electricity by flying a kite in a thunder storm. The kitewas of silk so as to endure the wetting. When the string becamewet sparks could be taken from a key… … Franklins Plate. A simple form of condenser. It consists ofa plate of glass coated on each side with tinfoil with a margin of about an inch of clear glass. Onecoating may be grounded as indi-cated in the cut, and the platecharged like a Leydenjar. Or oneside may be connected with oneterminal, and…
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