electrostatics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of electrostatics
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Accurate determinations of the sparking resistance between parallel plates charged to different potentials in air were made by means of attracted-disk-electrometers in the course of some important experiments described in the Electrostatics and Magnetism.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
It appeared in the Cambridge Mathematical Journal in February 1842, and is republished in the "Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism."
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism," which runs: "Holtz's now celebrated electric machine, which is closely analogous in principle to Varley's of 1860, is, I believe, a descendant of Nicholson's.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various
Report, 1867, or Reprinted Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetization, p.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Electromotive forces, estimation of, by heats of combination, 178 Electromotive forces, measurement of, 179 Electrostatics and Magnetism, 222 et seq.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
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