Practical Physics for Schools and the Junior Students of Colleges, Τόμος 1

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Macmillan, 1888 - 221 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 114 - Here the thin vertical lines represent the carbons, the short thick wires the zincs, and the battery is said to be in series. In the diagram there are three cells, supposed to be connected together by wires going from the carbon of one cell to the zinc of the next, and so on. The end of the wire connected with the outer zinc is called the negative pole (written - ), and that connected with the outer carbon is called the positive pole (written + ). When these poles are connected together there will...
Σελίδα 1 - The yard l is defined by Act of Parliament to be the straight line or distance between the centres of two gold plugs in a bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer, the temperature of the bar being 62° Fahr. When it is convenient to use smaller units of length, the foot, or ^ of a yard, and the inch, or -^ of a foot, are employed.
Σελίδα 36 - II. When one body electrifies another by conduction, the total electrification of the two bodies remains the same, that is, the one loses as much positive or gains as much negative electrification as the other gains of positive or loses of negative electrification. For if the two bodies are enclosed in the hollow vessel, no change of the total electrification is observed.
Σελίδα 127 - ROSELEUR.— Galvanoplastic Manipulations : A Practical Guide for the Gold and Silver Electro-plater and the Galvanoplastic Operator.
Σελίδα 36 - ... electrification of the two bodies remains the same, that is, the one loses as much positive or gains as much negative electrification as the other gains of positive or loses of negative electrification. For if the two bodies are enclosed in the hollow vessel, no change of the total electrification is observed. III. When electrification is produced by friction, or by any other known method, equal quantities of positive and negative electrification are produced. For the electrification of the whole...
Σελίδα 38 - It is better, on this account, in graduating the bottle, to make two scratches as represented in the drawing, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the curve : this prevents any future mistake.

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