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Static Charge on a Galvo-Millivoltmeter

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IN NATURE of May 19 Mr. H. A. Bromley mentioned the trouble he had experienced owing to the needle of a millivoltmeter being attracted by the electrostatic charge on the surface of tho glass window of the instrument.

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WHIPPLE, R. Static Charge on a Galvo-Millivoltmeter. Nature 133, 948 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133948b0

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