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... earth is called the com- mon reservoir - - ib . ib . ib . 28. Electricity passes by preference on the best conductors 12 9 Electricity developed by various bodies when submitted to fric- tion 5 No certain test for determining which of ...
... earth is called the com- mon reservoir - - ib . ib . ib . 28. Electricity passes by preference on the best conductors 12 9 Electricity developed by various bodies when submitted to fric- tion 5 No certain test for determining which of ...
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... earth com- pletes the circuit · ib . ib . 212. Methods of connecting the poles with the earth 245. To cause either pole of a magnet to revolve round a fixed voltaic 131 current - 213. Various denominations of cur- rents 149 ib . 214 ...
... earth com- pletes the circuit · ib . ib . 212. Methods of connecting the poles with the earth 245. To cause either pole of a magnet to revolve round a fixed voltaic 131 current - 213. Various denominations of cur- rents 149 ib . 214 ...
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... earth's magnetic attraction 306. In this part of the earth it corre- sponds to that of the boreal or southern pole of an artificial magnet 307. Manner of ascertaining the di- rection of the force impressed by terrestrial magnetism on a ...
... earth's magnetic attraction 306. In this part of the earth it corre- sponds to that of the boreal or southern pole of an artificial magnet 307. Manner of ascertaining the di- rection of the force impressed by terrestrial magnetism on a ...
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... earth's magnetism on a vertical current which turns round a vertical axis 313. Effect on a current which is capa- ble of moving in a horizontal plane · · 314. Experimental illustrations of these effects . Pouillet's apparatus 315. Its ...
... earth's magnetism on a vertical current which turns round a vertical axis 313. Effect on a current which is capa- ble of moving in a horizontal plane · · 314. Experimental illustrations of these effects . Pouillet's apparatus 315. Its ...
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... earth 553. Variation of the dip · · 330 331 · 332 - ib . ib . - ib . 333 ib . Complete analogy of the earth to a magnet - · 318 · ib . 319 ib . or south 557. The lines of equal dip 558. Magnetic meridians 559. Method of ascertaining the ...
... earth 553. Variation of the dip · · 330 331 · 332 - ib . ib . - ib . 333 ib . Complete analogy of the earth to a magnet - · 318 · ib . 319 ib . or south 557. The lines of equal dip 558. Magnetic meridians 559. Method of ascertaining the ...
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