Practical PhysicsGinn, 1922 - 472 pages |
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... Charge . Potential and Capacity XIV . ELECTRICITY IN MOTION • Detection of Electric Currents . Chemical Effects . Magnetic Effects . Measurement of Currents . Electric Bell and Tele- graph . Resistance and Electromotive Force . Primary ...
... Charge . Potential and Capacity XIV . ELECTRICITY IN MOTION • Detection of Electric Currents . Chemical Effects . Magnetic Effects . Measurement of Currents . Electric Bell and Tele- graph . Resistance and Electromotive Force . Primary ...
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... charge him with being in league with Satan . FIG . 28. The Fortin barometer 43. The aneroid barometer . Since the mercurial barometer is some- what long and inconvenient to carry , geological and surveying parties commonly use an ...
... charge him with being in league with Satan . FIG . 28. The Fortin barometer 43. The aneroid barometer . Since the mercurial barometer is some- what long and inconvenient to carry , geological and surveying parties commonly use an ...
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... charge tube ; and as this reaction is continuous , the flow is also continuous . ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 55. The Cartesian diver . Descartes ( 1596-1650 ) , the great French philoso- pher , invented an odd device which illus- trates at the same ...
... charge tube ; and as this reaction is continuous , the flow is also continuous . ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 55. The Cartesian diver . Descartes ( 1596-1650 ) , the great French philoso- pher , invented an odd device which illus- trates at the same ...
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... charge of electricity . In this statement nothing whatever is said about the nature of electricity . We simply define an electrically charged body as one which has been put into the condition in which it acts toward light bodies like ...
... charge of electricity . In this statement nothing whatever is said about the nature of electricity . We simply define an electrically charged body as one which has been put into the condition in which it acts toward light bodies like ...
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... charged ball . It will be found that it is not repelled but , on the contrary , is very strongly at- tracted ... charges of like kind repel each other , while charges of unlike kind attract each other . The forces of attrac- tion or ...
... charged ball . It will be found that it is not repelled but , on the contrary , is very strongly at- tracted ... charges of like kind repel each other , while charges of unlike kind attract each other . The forces of attrac- tion or ...
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Page 22 - Archimedes stated that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
Page 84 - Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Page 367 - Index of refraction. The ratio of the speed of light in air to its speed in any other medium is called the index of refraction of that medium.
Page 260 - The resistance of any conductor is directly proportional to its length and inversely proportional to the area of its cross section or to the square of its diameter.
Page 60 - ... is, the resultant of two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces.
Page 62 - For in § 79 it was shown that if any one force is to have the same effect upon a body as two forces acting simultaneously, it must be represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram the sides of which represent the two forces. Hence, conversely, if two forces are to be equivalent in their...
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