TATIC ELECTRICITY. piece of cats fur, or a glass rod rubbed by a silk cloth.The property of attraction can further be well shown byholding the electrified stick of vulcanite near a thinstream of water, as in Fig. 1, and noticing that streamis deflected so as to flow nearer the vulcanite. Since… … Fig. 1. Electrostatic attraction can also be shown by brisklydrawing a sheet of paper between the coat-sleeve and theside. The paper is then electrified, and if laid againstthe wall without more handling than necessary, it willso strongly attract the wall as to sustain its own weightuntil its…
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