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XIII.—The Effect of Permanent Elongation on the Specific Resistance of Metallic Wires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray
Affiliation:
Demonstrator in Physics and Instructor in Telegraphy, Imperial College of Engineering, Tokio, Japan
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The object of this investigation was to obtain information as to the change of specific resistance produced in wires of various metals by different amounts of elongation. The present paper refers to experiments on copper, iron, and German silver wires.

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Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , 1881 , pp. 369 - 381
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1883

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page 373 note * This high value for the conductivity of this wire was verified by repeated measurements.

page 376 note * Probably slightly stretched by removing the weight.

page 379 note * Stood twenty hours between these two observations.