Abstract
OF all electrical measurements probably that of measuring a resistance is the most important, since the resistance of many bodies is a permanent quality, and resistances can be compared by means of apparatus of comparatively simple construction, while the results obtained are much more accurate than in the case of any other electrical measurement. Most books on practical electricity contain more or less complete descriptions of the methods generally employed in the measurement of resistance, and in some cases give what may be called “diagrammatic” descriptions of the construction of the different forms of apparatus employed. The work under consideration, however, goes much further, for in it the mechanical details of the construction of the apparatus are described in a manner which shows that the author is practically acquainted with his subject.
A Treatise on the Measurement of Electrical Resistance.
By William Arthur Price (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894.)
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W., W. The Measurement of Electrical Resistance. Nature 50, 591–592 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050591a0
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