 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1838 - 824 síður
...jar, and not to the whole discharge. The Professor then stated several consequences which would How from this ; namely, that we could increase or diminish...other, even if it be a hundred feet long : rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire. In this arrangement the electricity of... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1838 - 822 síður
...or, as it may be called, free electricity, such as an increase of the thickness of the glass, or br substituting for the small knob of the jar a large...other, even if it be a hundred feet long : rays are given oft' on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire. In this arrangement the electricity... | |
 | John Frederic Daniell - 1839 - 606 síður
...lateral spark will pass to it. But the arrangement which exhibits this effect to the greatest advantage, is that of a long fine copper wire, insulated parallel...horizon, and terminated at each end by a small ball. AVhen sparks are thrown upon this from a globe of about a foot in diameter, the wire at each discharge... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1874 - 640 síður
...diminish the lateral action by any means which affect the quantity of free electricity : — as by " an increase of the thickness of the glass, or by substituting...other, even if it be a hundred feet long : rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire:" — forming a continuous electrical... | |
 | William Bower Taylor - 1879 - 162 síður
...or diminish the lateral action by any means which affect the quantity of free electricity:—as by " an increase of the thickness of the glass, or by substituting...other, even if it be a hundred feet long: rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire :"—forming a continuous electrical brush.... | |
 | 1880 - 552 síður
...diminish the lateral action by any means which affect the quantity of free electricity : — as by " an increase of the thickness of the glass, or by substituting...other, even if it be a hundred feet long : rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire :" — forming a continuous electrical... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1881 - 834 síður
...diminish the lateral action by any means which affect the quantity of free electricity : — as by " an increase of the thickness of the glass, or by substituting...other, even if it be a hundred feet long : rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire:" — forming a continuous electrical... | |
 | 1881 - 856 síður
...or diminish the lateral action by any means which affect the quantity of free electricity: — as by "an increase of the thickness of the glass, or by...other, even if it be a hundred feet long : rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire :" — forming a continuous electrical... | |
 | 1881 - 826 síður
...substituting for the small knob of the jur, a large ball. , But the arrangement which produces the greaiest effect is that of a long fine copper wire insulated,...other, even if it be a hundred feet long : rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wire:" — forming a continuous electrical... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1881 - 850 síður
...arrangement which produces the greatest effect is that of a long fine copper wire insulated,—parallel to the horizon, and terminated at each end by a small...other, even if it be a hundred feet long: rays are given off on all sides perpendicular to the axis of the wir,e:" — forming a continuous electrical... | |
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... electricity, such as an increase of the thickness of the glass, or by substituting for the small knob of the jar a large ball. But the arrangement which produces the greatest effect, is that of a long fine copper wire insulated, parallel to the horizon,... 
