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The Resistance of the Electric Arc

Nature volume 14, page 544 (1876)Cite this article

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FOR the purpose of determining theoretically the best arrangement of cells for the production of the electric light, it was necessary to know the resistance of the electric arc. Not being acquainted with any source from which this information could be derived, we determined this resistance experimentally in two distinct ways.

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AYRTON, W., PERRY, J. The Resistance of the Electric Arc. Nature 14, 544 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014544b0

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