 | Charles Sheldon Hastings, Frederick Elijah Beach - Physics - 1898 - 788 pages
...substance to use for deposit in such a cell. The legal definition of the ampere, by act of Congress, is " the practical equivalent of the unvarying current,...standard specifications, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 gram per second." The arrangement prescribed is as follows : successively with nitric acid,... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - Electric engineering - 1898 - 1010 pages
...CGS system of electro-magnetic units, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, and in accordance with certain specifications, deposits silver at the rate of o.ooinS of a gramme per... | |
 | Engineering - 1898 - 516 pages
...following year these unit were made legal by Act of Congress. By this system an ampere is defined as that current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water deposits silver at the rate of 0.001 118 gramme per second. Certain specifications with respect to... | |
 | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Hydrography - 1899 - 202 pages
...CGS system of electro-magnetic units, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, and in accordance with accompanying specifications,* deposits silver at the rate of 0-001118 of a gramme... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 720 pages
...muss, of a constant cross-sectional area, and 106-3 cm. in length ; unit of current, the ampere, which is the practical equivalent of the unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of silver nitrate in water, deposits silver at the rate of O'OOlllS gm. per second; unit of electromotive... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1900 - 724 pages
...strength of the current in amperes is the same. The international ampere is defined as the strength of an unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver and water, deposits silver at the rate of .01725 grain per second. Electricity possesses neither weight... | |
 | 1900 - 516 pages
...strength of the current in amperes is the same. The international ampere is defined as the strength of an unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver and water, deposits silver at the rate of .01725 grain per second. Electricity possesses neither weight... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 704 pages
...strength of the current in amperes is the same. The international ampere is defined as the strength of an unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver and water, deposits silver at the rate of .01725 grain per second. Electricity possesses neither weight... | |
 | Horatio Alvah Foster - Electrical engineering - 1901 - 1018 pages
...CGS system of electro-magnetic units, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which, when passed through a...of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with the accompanying specification (A) deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 gramme per second. 3. As... | |
 | Canada - 1901 - 1314 pages
...centimetre-gramme-second system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, and in accordance with the specification contained in schedule one to this Act, deposits silver at... | |
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CGS system of electromagnetic units and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with a certain specification, deposits silver... 
