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There he will make his own cosmic ray readings, then soar eagle-wise southwards to Texas, getting U. S. Army planes after he crosses the border, making electroscopic observations all along the way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence if the electrified sealing-wax rod makes the leaves collapse, the electroscopic charge is positive, but if the glass rod does the same, the electroscopic charge is negative.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various