Electric spheres from from Breda. 15 iron balls making contact at rest show the repulsion between adjacent parts of rectilinear electric wire,

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Electric spheres from from Breda. 15 iron balls making contact at rest show the repulsion between adjacent parts of rectilinear electric wire, which was discovered by Ampere in 1822. The outer two are in mercury and remotely adjustable columns are connected to a voltage source.

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Photo credit: © Ron Giling / Alamy / Afripics
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