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These curves for wires of differenl thickness, have all the same 

 characteristics as already noticed. The current, after reaching the 

 Wendepunkt, increases so slowly that it is difficult to tell where the 

 curve reaches n maximum. Nevertheless, as will be seen from the 

 readings, the transient current for each of these- wires does reach a max- 

 imum, which seems to occur ar lower fields in The Thinner wire. The 

 curves for nickel are similar To Those obtained wirb iron wires, the 

 only points of difference between the two being The indistinctness of 

 the maximum point in nickel and its occurence in higher fields. On 

 stretching The wire longitudinally, the same effect as already described 

 in similar experiment by The method of sudden twisting was 

 obtained. In weak magrietizing fields, The current produced in The 

 loaded wire is less Than in The unloaded. But near The Wendepunkt, 

 the curve for The loaded wire passes above the unloaded, und beyond 

 this point the current for The former becomes always greater than 



