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The Inverse Rotation of the Radiometer an Effect of Electricity

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IN my communication published in NATURE, vol. xiv. p. 288, I endeavoured to show that the direct rotation of the radiometer was an effect of electricity. Before attempting to explain the inverse rotation it will be necessary to expound, briefly some new facts which my electroscopic researches have led me to establish.

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DELSAULX, J. The Inverse Rotation of the Radiometer an Effect of Electricity. Nature 14, 449–450 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014449a0

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