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ON this head I would say that a point outside the surface-film, beyond the molecular range, is naturally unaffected by the chemical affinities of the surface; but it is by no means therefore uninfluenced by the ordinary dielectric strain of a static charge imparted to the zinc in any adventitious manner. Such a charge alters the potential of the whole neighbourhood, but does not alter the slope of potential existing in the surface-film. Nothing can alter that but a modification of the surface or of the adjacent medium.
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LODGE, O. Modern Views of Electricity. Nature 43, 367 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/043367a0
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