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distance between the tumblers, which rested upon glass 

 supports. 6 



Fig. l. 



Between this resistance and the machine end was in- 

 serted a No. 34 copper wire, which passed horizontally 



6 A convenient form of resistance is obtained by threading one or 

 more strips of the cloth bandage through a glass tube. The ends of the 

 tube rest upon the brims of tumblers, the cloth conductor dipping into 

 salt water in the tumblers. 



