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Definition of Electrometers
1. electrometer [n] - See also: electrometer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrometers
Literary usage of Electrometers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy: Based on the Traité de Physique by Augustin Privat-Deschanel, Joseph David Everett (1897)
"Object of electrometers.—electrometers are instruments for the measurement of
differences of electrical potential. The gold-leaf electroscope, ..."
2. Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1915)
"The earliest electrometers attempted to measure the quantities directly. Lane and
Snow Harris constructed " Unit Jars " or small Leyden jars, which, ..."
3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk ( Maxwell (1873)
"In all electrometers the moveable part is a body charged with ... The first
electrometers on this principle were constructed by Sir W. Snow Harris*. ..."
4. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1888)
"CLASSES OF electrometers. electrostatic forces with other forces the amount ...
electrometers have been divided by Sir William Classes of Thomson into three ..."
5. Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism by William Thomson Kelvin (1872)
"electrometers may be classified in genera and species according to the shape and
kinematic relations of their parts; but as in plants and animals a perfect ..."
6. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1868)
"electrometers.—The most common electrometer is Volta's. Pig. C5. ... It is
desirable to have a series of electrometers for measuring electricity of ..."
7. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1872)
"electrometers.—The most common electrometer is Volta's. Fig. 65. ... It is
desirable to have a series of electrometers for measuring electricity of ..."
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