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... compared Oerstedt's discovery to the blessed dew of heaven which only the master- mind could draw down , but which it was for others to turn to account and use for the fertilization of the earth . To Franklin , Volta , Coulomb ...
... compared Oerstedt's discovery to the blessed dew of heaven which only the master- mind could draw down , but which it was for others to turn to account and use for the fertilization of the earth . To Franklin , Volta , Coulomb ...
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... comparable with the B.A. unit can be measured with- out difficulty to the 100,000th part , it is very difficult to ... comparing the different resistance - coils of the set of British- Association units formerly deposited at Kew ...
... comparable with the B.A. unit can be measured with- out difficulty to the 100,000th part , it is very difficult to ... comparing the different resistance - coils of the set of British- Association units formerly deposited at Kew ...
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... compared with the flat coil ) were bathed in a stream of tap - water , the tem- perature of which was carefully taken by means of a Casella's thermometer ( lent us by Mr. Gordon ) , reading to tenths of a degree Centigrade and easily ...
... compared with the flat coil ) were bathed in a stream of tap - water , the tem- perature of which was carefully taken by means of a Casella's thermometer ( lent us by Mr. Gordon ) , reading to tenths of a degree Centigrade and easily ...
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... compared with it ; at E and F are similarly inserted the middle coils , which were always two of the units , as small and as nearly equal in temperature - variation as possible . X , Y , Z are three earthenware jars in which the coils ...
... compared with it ; at E and F are similarly inserted the middle coils , which were always two of the units , as small and as nearly equal in temperature - variation as possible . X , Y , Z are three earthenware jars in which the coils ...
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... compared with it in one position , and then the coils are interchanged ; the difference of the bridge - readings gives the required difference of resistance in units of the bridge . Bridge - units . The unit in which we shall state our ...
... compared with it in one position , and then the coils are interchanged ; the difference of the bridge - readings gives the required difference of resistance in units of the bridge . Bridge - units . The unit in which we shall state our ...
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