| 单词 | static electricity |
| 例句 | He felt spooky and luminous, felt as though he were wrapped in cool fur that was full of static electricity. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The discussion came to an end when Mrs. Seeger offered to look up information on static electricity for the class. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Alex can feel a buzzing static electricity in London this morning, millions of voices murmuring about him and Henry and what might happen next. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He hangs up and stares at the phone in his hand, as if it should explain the static electricity in the air around him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Loose strands of hair sprang from her head like she’d pulled a wool hat off and the static electricity still hung in the air around her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I was all sprawled out on my stomach, my feet on my pillows, my face so close to the TV screen, I could feel the static electricity pulling my hair toward it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z There was a little girl sitting on a swing, kicking her legs, flying back and forth, static electricity for hair, happiness for a face. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Petey flipped the switch on his control panel, and there was a crackle of static electricity in the air as the trap powered down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The dust particles the wind carried generated so much static electricity in the air that barbed-wire fences glowed in the midday darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Other scientists thought that static electricity would cause whatever dust there was to cling to the windows of the spacecraft, blocking the astronauts’ view and causing them to crash on landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Gordon told Melissa, who was wearing wet shoes and carrying her boots, that he was sure static electricity would not hold a mouse to a sock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He put on rubber gloves, to prevent static electricity from jumping from his skin to the fuses. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After a gig in Doncaster, she saw a pink light in the sky: "Everything I touched felt like static electricity." Poly Styrene: The Spex factor 2011-03-23T21:46:00Z Like watching the audience volunteer get a good case of Bride-of-Frankenstein hair from the static electricity that Granack plays with like a kid with a new Lego set. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z One photograph in “En Una Situación Dada” shows a boy, his head tilted back, with a plastic spoon held to his nose by static electricity. Art Review: Ephemeral Events, Annotated 2011-05-06T06:00:07Z The technology and the medium were new, so camera operators everywhere faced common difficulties, such as annoying white streaks on footage, caused by static electricity. One perfect shot: the unsung power of cinematography 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The weak radioactive field disrupts static electricity, which would otherwise attract more dust. What I remember about the dust 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Digital effects add a kind of bioluminescent static electricity sparking beneath the character’s glowing ice-blue skin. Jamie Foxx joins ‘Spider-Man’ family as good guy gone bad 2014-04-29T21:53:22Z A year after Joseph Henry presented her paper at AAAS, he presented another paper from Eunice about how air generated static electricity. The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z In news absolutely no one wants to hear, scientists have just discovered that ticks can fly short distances through the air, thanks to the gravity-defying forces of static electricity. Ticks can 'fly,' a 'shocking' discovery 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows. Hungry ticks can use this static trick to land on you and your pets 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Sparks flew and Swift’s signature blond locks unexpectedly stole the show Friday when static electricity caused the Grammy winner’s hair to stick straight up during the “Red” portion of her Glendale set. Taylor Swift is officially in her Eras era: Viral moments from her tour so far 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Lightning occurs when static electricity builds up in storm clouds and begins to break down the surrounding air molecules. Playing Zeus, scientists use a laser beam to control lightning bolts 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Instead of using solar cells, they are harvesting the static electricity created when a person moves, and turning that into useable power. Could solar-powered headphones be the next must-have? 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z These test masses were kept in place by static electricity as they orbited around Earth. Strictest test yet of general relativity confirms feathers and bowling balls really do fall at the same rate 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z In this experiment, Franklin demonstrated a connection between lightning and static electricity. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Early in this process, particles collected in fluffy clumps because of static electricity. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "Friction creates static electricity, which attracts dust, which causes pops," he explains. A one-off Bob Dylan recording could sell for £1m 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z While Donna Marie tells us she is convinced she has too much static electricity in her body as self-scans never work properly for her. Self-scan supermarket tills and the rows over their use 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Denied the attachment he craves, he’s grown hypersensitive to the static electricity of rage constantly building up and discharging in their dingy apartment. Review | ‘Young Mungo’ seals it: Douglas Stuart is a genius 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z These sparks were like those produced by static electricity, such as the spark that jumps from your finger to a metal doorknob after you walk across a wool carpet. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Vapors from butane can release gas clouds, and a mere spark of static electricity can set off a fiery explosion. Illegal butane marijuana lab explodes near Knott's Berry Farm; 2 firefighters injured 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Whitened and stripped of leaves, some wheat this week appeared to have been damaged by static electricity from blowing dust, a phenomenon more common in the Dust Bowl years, Haag said. Moisture seen critical for wheat blasted by U.S. Plains dust storm 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The robot uses static electricity to drive the flow of liquid to deform parts of its body, which causes the body to bend and generate force with the ground, resulting in a jump. This Robot Looks Like a Pancake and Jumps Like a Maggot 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Whereas some competitors’ masks use static electricity to trap particles, Happy Masks’ product uses a nano-fiber membrane filter that is sewn into the face covering. Happy Masks became a COVID must-have. That sparked a back-to-school frenzy 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Why, then, don't most objects exhibit static electricity? College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Theories varied, postulating a problem with Toledo air or static electricity generated by the fan. How G.M.’s First Turbo Engines Crashed and Burned 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z One key to harvesting the ocean’s clean energy—at least a little of it—may lie in static electricity. Wave Power Charges Ahead with Static Electricity Generators 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The company also received complaints that static electricity could short-circuit its devices. Thousands of patients were implanted with heart pumps that the FDA knew could be dangerous 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z In “Strange Days,” Kennealy-Morrison wrote that when they first met, sparks literally flew from static electricity when they shook hands. Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, rock journalist, author and partner of Jim Morrison, dies at 75 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z But, in fact, some high voltages, such as those associated with common static electricity, can be harmless. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In 1992, I invented a way to charge those filters by passing them through a device that produces static electricity — much like when you rub a balloon on your hair, but it’s permanent. Putting the charge back into face-mask filters 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z The team turned to so-called triboelectric nanogenerators, or TENGs, which convert motion into an electrical current using static electricity—the same principle as rubbing a balloon on a fuzzy sweater to generate charge. Wave Power Charges Ahead with Static Electricity Generators 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Brother HLL2370DW-XL laser printer Photo: Brother Laser These devices use lasers to create static electricity on a rolling drum inside the printer. How to choose the right printer for your home office 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z And it turned out that the cause was a buildup of static electricity. Why did the USB ports on my Surface docking station stop working? 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z A spark of static electricity, such as that you might receive from a doorknob on a cold dry day, may carry a few hundred watts of power. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z One promising class of devices works by generating triboelectricity, also known as static electricity. Energy harvesters pick up power 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z In addition, static electricity from the clothing of people around the pipeline contributed to the blast, preliminary findings showed. Mexican pirates posing greater risk in Gulf of Mexico to oil workers, tourists 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The media scrum feeds off the static electricity in the room. When Donald met Scott: a reporter's view of Trump and his White House wonderland 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z I’m told that the procedure causes the static electricity to be discharged, allowing the computer to detect the USB ports again. Why did the USB ports on my Surface docking station stop working? 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z The next several chapters will cover static electricity, moving electricity, and magnetism – collectively known as electromagnetism. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Motors spun the rollers, spinning the loops and generating static electricity. Perspective | Making history — and smashing atoms — in a leafy part of Chevy Chase, D.C. 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Much of the lightning that flickers around and within the ash plumes of erupting volcanoes is triggered by static electricity, which builds up when ash particles scrape against each other in flight. Volcanic lightning may be partially fed by Earth’s natural radioactivity 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Fifteen years ago, scientists proposed that boulder-size “pebbles,” built up through static electricity, would clump together like a pack of racing cyclists thanks to the churn of the early solar system’s primordial disk. The space ‘snowman’ at the edge of our solar system is actually two lumpy pancakes 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “It could have been static electricity for all we know,” Gordon told the jury. Man accused of burning pregnant girlfriend is acquitted on all counts 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z In this chapter, we begin with the study of electric phenomena due to charges that are at least temporarily stationary, called electrostatics, or static electricity. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The issue was that in dry weather, it was prone to a build-up of static electricity, which caused sparks to fly between its circuits, preventing it from working. Word processor pioneer dies aged 93 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Those differences aren’t strong enough to trigger lightning by themselves, but in ash-filled plumes they may either slightly add to or diminish the charge differences generated by static electricity, the researchers note. Volcanic lightning may be partially fed by Earth’s natural radioactivity 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The miners don special garb to avoid the slightest chance of a spark of static electricity. Coal is still king in Poland, where world leaders gather to confront ‘climate catastrophe’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Imagine getting shocked by static electricity — it happens very fast, but there’s only a little bit of shock. Supercapacitors power the Note 9 stylus — but are they ready to replace batteries? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z We also have to be cautious of static electricity, especially in dry climates. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Researchers think that this type of lightning might be caused by ash particles rubbing together and generating large amounts of static electricity. Billionaires, butterflies and brooding skies — April’s top science images 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Digital assets are subject to degradation from “heat, humidity, static electricity, and electromagnetic fields,” the 2007 academy report warned. Our film and video history is threatened by the rise of streaming video 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Orange County fire officials determined the Nov. 20 fire began when the static electricity ignited a flammable liquid during the manufacturing process at the Verla International factory in New Windsor. Explosions and fire at cosmetics factory ruled accidental 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Juliet did try to Van de Graaff generator, which is a silver sphere that generates static electricity. EXCHANGE: Library’s science exhibit wows young minds 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Not only are applications of static electricity common these days, its existence has been known since ancient times. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z “The ship became grounded and that’s why we think the static electricity made a spark and caught the leaking hydrogen.” The Hindenburg disaster, 80 years on: a 'perfect storm of circumstances' 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z The dunes of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be held together by static electricity. Planetary science: Titan's electrified dunes : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z In dry regions prone to static electricity, the scientists fill their balloons with nonburning helium. Watch the explosive demise of a weather balloon 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Pearson recommends that people don’t touch their televisions and use their remote control in the wintertime to avoid problems with static electricity. Fairbanks man makes a living fixing TVs across Alaska 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Many of the characteristics of static electricity can be explored by rubbing things together. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Bill once brought aboard an intern named Yves Coulomb, primarily because the young man shared a last name with an 18th-century French scientist who studied static electricity. Common-sense solutions are sometimes the best ones 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Though sometimes annoying, the amount of charge in static electricity is typically quite little and rather innocent. Tiny sparks are all around us: How to harness, benefit from static electricity 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Investigators determined the explosion was caused by static electricity that released into a tank. University cited for safety violations after lab explosion 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Cassidy said he felt a burning sensation, a lot like severe static electricity. Delta man thriving 10 years after paralyzing football injury 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z You can also rub a balloon on your hair, and the static electricity created can then make the balloon cling to a wall. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z That’s because he’s triggered by the buildup of static electricity in the air, explains Becker, and in response, he may hide in the closet, bathroom or basement. 7 Ways to Relieve Your Dog’s Anxiety 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z All that bouncing and jostling also generates static electricity—the geological version of shuffling your feet across the carpet. Static electricity strengthens desert dust storms 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Sandia’s simulator creates a lightning pulse - like a massive jolt of static electricity - by discharging high-voltage generators. Researchers with Sandia Labs study lightning’s effects 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z A laboratory explosion at the University of Hawaii that resulted in a researcher losing her arm was likely caused by static electricity, according to an independent investigation. Report: Static electricity caused Hawaii lab explosion 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The largest voltages can be built up, say with static electricity, on dry days. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z When the bees buzzed within 10 centimeters of the flower, the electric field—like static electricity from a balloon—caused the bee’s hair to bend. Video: How bees sense a flower’s electric field 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z And in each of those events, the electric field grew stronger than normal, often in just a matter of seconds—bolstering the idea that the shuffling of sand grains generates static electricity. Static electricity strengthens desert dust storms 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z These are needed to protect sensitive electronics from static electricity. Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The paper is moved around using static electricity — rather than a roller — so it stays pristine, with no wrinkles or marks. A Handwritten Card, Signed and Sealed by the Latest Technology 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Unlike static electricity, where a conductor in equilibrium cannot have an electric field in it, conductors carrying a current have an electric field and are not in static equilibrium. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z There is less issue with static electricity in summer or humid conditions. Burning Question: Should I Rotate My Shampoo Brand? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z His latest design uses static electricity — long thought of as a nuisance — to convert the movement of inhaling and exhaling into enough energy to power a pacemaker10. The inside story on wearable electronics 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z It depicts a so-called Influence Machine, a term psychiatrists borrowed from the study of static electricity to describe the elaborate mechanical contraptions drawn by schizophrenics to explain their delusions. What the Volkswagen scandal means for the future of connected devices 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z "The whole system is designed to prevent static electricity from causing particles to stick to the vehicle," says Dirk Hoelzer, Ford of Europe's chief paint engineer. Why is Ford's hi-tech factory using ostrich feathers? - BBC News 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Using static electricity, by contrast, means all of the insecticide is held on the surface of a net’s fibres. A charge that sticks 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z It is used to eliminate static electricity in some industrial processes and as a power supply in nuclear weapons production, and in the oil industry. What is polonium-210? - BBC News 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z All of this surface is available for the storage of static electricity. Sheet lightning 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z In the late seventeen-hundreds, the Italian physician Luigi Galvani noticed that static electricity could induce a dead frog’s leg to move. Goodbye, fMRI 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The invention, in 1745, of the Leyden jar—a device to store static electricity—enabled many new experiments in electrotherapy, not all of them deliberate. Zap Your Brain 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z This phenomenon, called “contact electrification,” is the same process that creates static electricity, Chen says: “It’s like when you run your hand across a wool blanket and see ‘sparks’ in the darkness.” ‘Smart’ Keyboard Can ID You by How You Type 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z To us hardwood people, a carpet or a rug is nothing but a dead skin cell repository, a red-wine magnet, a static electricity generator. Rug burns: When a dog’s joints begin to creak, some redecorating is in order 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z In a supercapacitor, as in a normal capacitor, energy is stored on the surfaces of materials in the form of static electricity. Sheet lightning 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Just a spark of static electricity can ignite a room. Colorado AG: Home hash oil production is illegal 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Its loss - widely attributed to static electricity that ignited leaking hydrogen - was a heavy blow to the image of a resurgent Germany that the Nazis wanted to project to the world. Werner Franz, survivor of Hindenburg crash, dies 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z If you’ve ever wiggled a balloon against your hair, you know that rubbing together two different materials can generate static electricity. Static Electricity Defies Simple Explanation 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Learn how different materials around the house conduct static electricity--with a homemade electroscope! Static Science: How Well Do Different Materials Make Static Electricity? 2014-01-23T05:00:00Z Lightning is a discharge of static electricity that occurs when there is an imbalance in the electrical charge between a cloud and the earth's surface. Lightning powers Frankenstein phone 2013-10-01T12:19:40Z Sure enough, after being shaken up to gain static charge, the coated beads shed their static electricity within minutes. Vitamin E and Other Antioxidants Dispel Static Electricity 2013-09-20T15:45:03.497Z This paper demonstrates that to remove static electricity, it is not at all necessary to “target” the charges themselves. [Report] Control of Surface Charges by Radicals as a Principle of Antistatic Polymers Protecting Electronic Circuitry 2013-09-19T17:56:37.990Z Lightning is a discharge of static electricity that occurs when there is an imbalance in the electrical charge between the cloud and the earth's surface. How do you recover from being struck by lightning? 2013-08-08T23:47:12Z How well do other materials around the house produce static electricity? Static Science: How Well Do Different Materials Make Static Electricity? 2014-01-23T05:00:00Z The Tracker was powered by the static electricity created by the operator’s own body; when it found what it was looking for, the antenna automatically turned to point at its quarry. In Iraq, the Bomb-Detecting Device That Didn't Work, Except to Make Money 2013-07-11T20:30:14Z The real advance is the insight into the root causes of static electricity, says Michael Dickey, who researches nano-electronics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Vitamin E and Other Antioxidants Dispel Static Electricity 2013-09-20T15:45:03.497Z Thus, approaches are required that prevent and dissipate static electricity through improved electrical conductivity, or that ensure complete discharge before a contact with a key piece of equipment. [Report] Control of Surface Charges by Radicals as a Principle of Antistatic Polymers Protecting Electronic Circuitry 2013-09-19T17:56:37.990Z Like socks on carpet, insects build up static electricity as they fly. ScienceShot: Gotcha! Spider Silk Grabs Electrically Charged Insects in Midair 2013-07-04T14:00:49Z Scientists already knew that as bumblebees fly, their wings generate positively charged static electricity. ScienceShot: When Sparks Fly 2013-02-21T19:00:00Z PORTLAND, Ore. — A combination of hand sanitizer, olive oil and static electricity likely caused an accidental fire that burned a young patient at a Portland hospital, the state fire marshal said Wednesday. Sanitizer, oil, static blamed in hospital fire 2013-02-21T04:23:08Z Mom's cheeks were rouged by the chill air and her eyes sparkled, her white hair riffing with static electricity. The New Old Age Blog: A Son Lost, a Mother Found 2012-12-07T19:26:03Z It’s kind of like socks and static electricity, but on a microscopic scale. Finding technological inspiration in nature 2011-07-28T22:27:00Z The presence of static electricity manifests itself by attraction or repulsion. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z Investigators said Thursday that they believe a spark from debris, static electricity or nearby power transformers likely ignited the gas. Gas explosion causing fires that ruined Ohio homes apparently ignited when pipeline failed 2011-11-17T20:43:14Z The Xerox copy machine, for example, is based on the “single, simple principle of static electricity,” Mr. Paley says. Prototype: Simple Innovation Is Often the Most Successful - Prototype 2011-11-05T21:37:30Z A slightly more plausible alternative explanation is that clothing in these cases catches fire because of a discharge of a large amount of accumulated static electricity. Burn, Baby, Burn: Understanding the Wick Effect 2011-10-12T21:45:06.080Z The port shouldn’t have been pressurized, but it was, Whitt said, spraying the employee with propane that then ignited from a spark or static electricity. Calif. evacuees return home after burning propane tanker contained, threat of major blast ends 2011-08-25T19:46:04Z A form of condenser generally used in making experiments on static electricity is the Leyden jar, so named from the town23 of Leyden where it was invented. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z When the science of static electricity was thus far developed, with a machine for generating it and a collector to receive it, many experiments followed. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Inside the machine is a drum, charged with static electricity, that attracts toner particles. Prototype: Simple Innovation Is Often the Most Successful - Prototype 2011-11-05T21:37:30Z This student completed a project on static electricity, won an award at her school science fair, and reported to us, “Science is fun!” [Essay] Spore* Series Winner: Science Buddies: Advancing Informal Science Education 2011-04-28T18:25:38.423Z The oldest method of subjecting a patient to electric influence is that in which static electricity is employed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Dynamic Electricity.—This term is used to define current electricity to distinguish it from static electricity. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z But she has yet to channel the Gipper’s soothing sunniness, instead she seems haloed in static electricity — “a walking wedge issue,” as one leading conservative commentator recently described her. The Palin Network 2010-11-18T18:34:00Z But eerie signs resulting from high levels of static electricity in volcanic material immediately indicate that something is amiss. What It's Like to Fly Through Volcanic Ash 2010-04-16T18:53:00Z It does not operate by battery, instead promotional material says it is powered only by the user's static electricity. 2010-01-23T03:08:00Z Static Electricity.—For treatment by static electricity the Wimshurst type of machine is the one most generally used. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The ADE 651 is a hand-held wand with no batteries or internal electronic components, ostensibly powered by the static electricity of the user, who needs to walk in place to charge it. 2010-01-24T06:36:00Z The promotional material for the ADE-651 claims it is powered only by the user's static electricity. 2010-01-22T14:06:00Z If I rub a piece of hard rubber with a woolen cloth, the rod will become charged with static electricity. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Sparks of static electricity shot from her tender cilia so brightly that I was forced to exude a layer of protective fibre to protect my visual buds. Lonesome Hearts The charged conductors attract the static electricity of the air, and, in a manner similar to the action of the power generator, increase power. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The electricity you have been reading about and experimenting with in this section is called static electricity. Common Science Construct a machine to make static electricity or a wireless apparatus. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 "Just a heavy charge of static electricity," replied the doctor. The Great Drought The static electricity showed that she was nervous and upset, but people often get nervous and upset over trivial matters. Lonesome Hearts Electroscopes are instruments for showing the presence of static electricity. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity The difference between static electricity—when it leaps from one thing to another—and flowing electricity is a good deal like the difference between a short shower of rain and a river. Common Science London Royal Institution lecture, of great value as giving a full account of the recent forms of generators of static electricity.—14 illustrations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 About the only exception I can think of is the electrostatic condenser, and you could say that it converts static electricity into a current flow if you wanted to stretch a point. Damned If You Don't There was an immediate crackle and burst of static electricity, and the stumbler fell back yelping and shaking his arms. Pagan Passions This is a very sensitive instrument, and can be used to tell the kind of static electricity on a body, as well as the mere presence of it. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity An instrument for measuring static electricity, differing from a galvanometer, which measures a current in a wire that acts on the magnetic needle p. 197of the galvanometer. Electricity for Boys It took two thousand years for man to move from the concept that amber was a stone with a soul to the concept of static electricity. Sense from Thought Divide By operation of the occult law which governs static electricity, it was possible that the magnetism flowing between those two communicated itself to a third person. The Captain of the Kansas But when he held his circuit to listen he got whisperings that sounded almost like static electricity. The Boy Scouts In Russia In the study of static electricity, ordinary ebonite combs can be used to great advantage. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Both were charged with the same kind of static electricity. The Real Adventure It has been proved that the slow discharge of static electricity facilitates the assimilation of nitrogen by plants. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 It is possible, however, with the aid of our knowledge of static electricity, to arrive at hypotheses of a more than chimerical nature. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Weird and little-understood conditions of the ether, static electricity, radio disturbances, make wireless work uncertain, and such a thing as twenty-four-hour service, seven days in the week, can probably never be guaranteed. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty They made various practical experiments in their efforts to identify the elusive force which Thales had likened to a 'soul' and which we now know to have been static electricity. The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view This line, which was put up on Long Island, was of iron wire strung on poles carrying glass insulators, and, upon it, Dyar operated with static electricity. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 In any case, our insight into the possibilities of static electricity has been extended, and the ordinary electric machine will cease to be regarded as a mere toy. Steam, Steel and Electricity The apparatus is one of the few successful practical applications of static electricity. The Story of Electricity This power of generating static electricity from their own bodies was naturally a source of immense delight to the Lansdowne children. The Days Before Yesterday He observed that this electricity had the same properties as the static electricity produced by friction. The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view To the department of static electricity all those industrial appliances first known belong, as the telegraph, electro-plating, etc. Steam, Steel and Electricity |
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