| Industrial arts - 1827 - 600 pages
...wires, furnished at each end with a metal ball, three-fourths of an inch in diameter ; connect one With the positive, and the other with the negative conductor of the machine ; the balls should be four inches asunder, and between them, at equal distances from each place, a... | |
| 1832 - 650 pages
...placed vertically, by inserting it in a small piece of cork that may form a base of about a quarter balls, about three quarters of an inch in diameter,...the flame is agitated, and inclining towards the one wliich is negative, soon heats it sufficiently to set fire to the phosphorus it contains, whilst the... | |
| Physics - 1832 - 642 pages
...distance of two inches from each other : the upper part of each ball is hollowed into a cup, into wliich a small piece of phosphorus is to be put, A small...inclining towards the one which is negative, soon heals it sufficiently to set fire to the phosphorus it contains, whilst the positive ball remains perfectly... | |
| Henry Minchin Noad - Electric power - 1844 - 512 pages
...in diameter, insulated on separate glass pillars, by which they are supported at a distance of about two inches from each other ; the upper part of each...situated midway between the balls, one of which is J II FIG. 33. ...xible iMYmg that jar irfui into f« :-. ..-., t- _ — V tore of positive ischarge... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
...to be placed. A small candle or lamp has its flame situated midway between the balls ; one of them is connected with the positive and, the other with the negative conductor of the electrical machine by means of a wire. When the balls are electrified the flame is agitated and inclines... | |
| Country life - 1847 - 614 pages
...uninsulated, the three being in all other respects perfectly alike. One stool was connected by wire with the positive, and the other with the negative conductor of the machine. Six pots were taken in each series, containing seeds of French beans, spinach, cauliflower, turneps,... | |
| Benjamin Pike - Science - 1848 - 356 pages
...on separate glass pillars, by which they are supported at a distance of about two inches from eaah other ; the upper part of each ball is hollowed into...positive, and the other with the negative conductor of a powerful machine. When the balls are electrified, the flame is agitated, and, inclining towards the... | |
| Benjamin Pike (Jr.) - Scientific apparatus and instruments - 1848 - 482 pages
...on separate glass pillars, by which they are supported at a distance of about two inches from cash other ; the upper part of each ball is hollowed into...positive, and the other with the negative conductor of a powerful machine. When the balls are electrified, the flame is agitated, and, inclining towards the... | |
| Henry M. Noad - Electric power - 1849 - 534 pages
...in diameter, insulated on separate glass pillars, by which they are supported at a distance of about two inches from each other ; the upper part of each...positive, and the other with the negative conductor of a powerful machine. When the balls are electrified, the flame is FIG. 33. , soon, heats it whilst the... | |
| Henry Minchin Noad - Electricity - 1855 - 570 pages
...in diameter, insulated on separate glass pillars, by which they are supported at a distance of about two inches from each other ; the upper part of each...positive, and the other with the negative conductor of a powerful machine. When the balls are electrified, the flame is agitated, and, inclining towards the... | |
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