FIG. 9.—EFFECT OF RESISTANCE.
RESISTANCE OF A FLUID CHANGED BY THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER FLUID.
A very pretty and instructive experiment may be performed by arranging the apparatus as shown in Fig. 10, with the copper strips, H H, inserted in clean water and the galvanometer placed in the circuit. The deflection of the galvanometer needle will be very slight, showing that the resistance of clean water is considerable. A few drops of sulphuric acid or even vinegar will increase the conductivity of the water so as to produce a marked deflection of the galvanometer needle.
FIG. 10.—RESISTANCE OF FLUIDS.
Common salt added to the water will produce the same effect.
MAGNETIC ELECTRIC INDUCTION.
By placing one of the coils, A, on the magnet frame, B, and connecting it by the wires with the galvanometer, arranged as before described, and bringing the permanent magnet, F, suddenly against the poles of the magnet, as shown in Fig. 11, a current will be induced in the coil, which, in passing through the galvanometer, causes the needle to be deflected in one direction, and when the permanent magnet is suddenly removed from the electro-magnet, a current will be set up in the opposite direction, which will cause a deflection of the needle of the galvanometer in the opposite direction.
FIG. 11.—MAGNETO-ELECTRIC INDUCTION.