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An Experiment for Showing Lines of Force in an Electrostatic Field

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THE general directions of the lines of force between charged conductors can be shown by a method which, though extremely simple, shows as much as the elegant but somewhat elaborate apparatus described by Mr. R. F. D'Arcy (NATURE, March 20) would seem capable of.

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    BERNARD M. NEVILLE

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NEVILLE, B. An Experiment for Showing Lines of Force in an Electrostatic Field. Nature 91, 112 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091112a0

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