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PRACTICAL PHYSIOLOGY. 



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by vibrations, e.g., on a slate slab fixed into the wall, or on a solid 

 stone pillar fixed in the earth, taking care that no iron is near. 



(&.) Let the galvanometer face went, i.e., with the plane of the 

 coils in the magnetic meridian, the magnetic meridian being ascer- 

 tained by means of a magnetic needle. As the galvanometer is a 

 differential one, to convert it into a single one, connect the two 



FIG. 156. Lamp and Scale for Thom- 

 son's Galvanometer 



n 



Fro. 155. Sir William Thomson's Re- 

 flecting Galvanometer, u. Upper, 

 I. Lower coil ; s, s. Levelling screws ; 

 m. Magnet on a brass support, b. 



FIG. 157. Non- 

 Polarisable Elec- 

 trodes. Z. Zincs ; 

 K. Cork ; a. Zinc 

 sulphate solu- 

 tion ; t, t. Clay 

 points. 



central binding screws on the ebonite base by means of a copper 



wire. 



(c.) By means of the three screws level the galvanometer. 



(>/.) Take off' the glass cover and steadily raise the small milled 

 head on the top of the upper coils, which frees the mirror, and 

 allows it to swing free. Replace the glass shade. 



(e.) Place the scale (fig. 156) also in the magnetic meridian and 



