| 单词 | electric column |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric column electric column n. [compare French appareil à colonne (A. Volta 1800, in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 417)] a form of the voltaic pile; now historical. ΚΠ 1798 C. H. Wilkinson Ess. Leyden Phial 50 If b c is the charged surface, and the electric column acting all around,..the loss sustained by this will be the quantity of electric fluid equivalent to the resistance of the column a b. 1810 J. A. De Luc in Jrnl. Nat. Philos. May 71 I had made no secret of my discoveries. I had communicated the electric column and its construction to many experienced philosophers, and in particular, being in London in July 1808, I showed it to Mr. Davy. a1867 M. Faraday in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) ii. 5 The first portion I obtained was in the thinnest pieces possible; observe it in a flattened state. It was, as they informed me, thin enough for the Electric Snake, or as I before called it, de Luc's Electric column. 1971 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 26 29 Up to the very last months of his life, De Luc continued his electromechanical researches. His chief discovery had been his ‘dry pile’ or ‘electric column’. < as lemmas |
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