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f^A FS OF POSITIVE ELECTRICITY
to /, the EDF a right angle, and DE small
with the depth of the pole pieces of the electro-
Place the col! so that DF is along the direction in
\vhich the particle Is projected. D being at the point of pro-
and F at the distance at which the deflection is measured,
connect up the coil with a ballistic galvanometer, or what is

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FIG. 4.
more convenient with a Grassot flux meter, and determine the
number of lines of magnetic force which pass through this coil
the electromagnet is made or broken ; from this number
we can easily determine the value of A. For if N is this
number, then we see from Fig. 4 that
N = f H x PN . dx
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the figure
DE

FD
hence
N = f H .55(/ -
Thus when N is known A can be at once determined.