positive electricity
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These ions form a kind of electrical conductor: free protons move to the outside of the unit until they have carried away enough positive electricity to make the interior electrically neutral.
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Since electrons are negative electricity, their departure covers the glass with an invisible picture in positive electricity.
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It had a charge of positive electricity and its mass was .0000000000000000000000166 gram.
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It is now believed that all matter is made up of "electrons," particles of negative electricity, and "protons," particles of positive electricity.
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This positive electricity electrifies the left paper armature by induction, positive electricity issuing from the blunt point upon the side farthest from the rotating disk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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