"Thomson's absolute electrometer is an adaptation of the attracted disc principle for absolute determinations.…
"The gold leaves are gummed on the two sides of a flat piece of metal carried by a stout stem, which…
"Cavallo's electroscope embodies the double pendulum principle. It consists of two fine silver wires…
"D is a needle, formed of light silver wire, suspended by a fine glass fiber, from a torsion head A.…
"C is an insulated disc, over which is suspended another disc, hung from the arm of a balance, and connected…
"Distrbution of electrification on a charged hollow sphere. If an insulated conductor d be inserted…
Apparatus for showing the presence of electricity without giving quantitative measurements.
"The electroscope is an instrument for detecting and testing electrification. A metallic rod passes…
"One of the simplest instruments of this kind consists of a metallic needle, terminated at each end…
"Pith ball pendulum or electroscope; the figures illustrate also electrical attraction and repulsion."…
"Gold leaf electroscope; it consists of two strips of gold foil suspended from a brass rod within a…
"Faraday's ice pail experiment. An ice pail P connected with gold leaves of an electroscope C, is placed…
"The electrometer of Henley, sometimes called Henley's quadrant Henley electrometer, may be taken as…
"Experiment to illustrate electrostatic induction. The leaves will diverge, ever though the charged…
"Elevation and section of Thomson's Quadrant Electrometer." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893
"The sine electrometer of August, is a modification of the single pendulum electroscope, analogous in…