The London, Edinburgh and Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science . iment shows that thefunction of points and angular projections is the reverse ofthis when the plane of the conductor is perpendicular to thelines of force. It has shown also that the area of electrifica-tion, and, judging from the appearance of the electro-deposits,the quantity of electrification likewise, increases in an in-creasing proportion as the area of the plate increases, andfurthermore that, with plates of a given area, the area ofelectrification (and probably the amount) is determined solelyby the relati
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science . iment shows that thefunction of points and angular projections is the reverse ofthis when the plane of the conductor is perpendicular to thelines of force. It has shown also that the area of electrifica-tion, and, judging from the appearance of the electro-deposits,the quantity of electrification likewise, increases in an in-creasing proportion as the area of the plate increases, andfurthermore that, with plates of a given area, the area ofelectrification (and probably the amount) is determined solelyby the relation between the lengths and breadths of the the annexed table is sett ou the areas of the — electrifi-cations registered on plates differing in shape but of equal area,side by side with other particulars; and fig. 1 gives a rough ideaof the appearance of the plates with the electro-deposit thereon*. Area in squaremillimetres. Dimensions in milli-metres. — electrifications insquare millimetres. 500 100-0 X 566-6 X 7-5500x1033-3x1522-4x22-4 0 40 180 270 370 Fig. * Facsimiles of these plates, and of others described in my formerpapers, are given in the second edition of Gordons Physical Treatise onElectricity, vol. ii. Phil. Mag. S. 5. Yol. 16. No. 100. Oct. 1883. X 274 On the Distribution of Electricity on Metallic Bodies. In the following table is set out in square millimetres theareas also of the — electrifications registered on a series ofplates of the same shape but of different areas, side by sidewith other particulars. Areas in squaremillimetres. Dimensions in milli-metres. — electrifications insquare millimetres. 1002254001600 10X1015x1520x2040X40 0 642251225 In this paper I have, for the most part, spoken of the distri-bution of electricity on metallic plates; but I have satisfiedmyself that the distribution on other-shaped conductors issimilarly modified by alterations in the direction of the linesof force. In illustration of this I subjoin a diagram
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