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distance between the tumblers, which rested upon glass 
supports.® 
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Cle, ‘aes et) 
Fig. 1. 
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. 
