Lightning is caused by the passage of static electricity from a cloud to the earth, or from one cloud to another.
A piece of carbon, pith, or even a small piece of damp tissue-paper will serve as an electroscope to test the presence of static electricity.
Electroscopes are used to show the presence, relative amount, or kind of static electricity on a body.
Static electricity may be produced by induction as well as by friction.
Static electricity is easily conducted by dry wood, while Galvanic electricity is practically insulated by it.
Static Electric Machines= are used to produce large quantities of static electricity.
Static electricity does not seem to "flow in currents" as readily as some other varieties; its tendency is to stand still, hence the name, static.
This refers to charges of static electricity, not to currents.
Static electricity is generated by friction and by induction, but the electricity so produced is very small in quantity and very high in pressure.
To Show Where a Charge of Static Electricity Resides.
This is a very sensitive instrument, and can be used to tell the kind of static electricity on a body, as well as the mere presence of it.
Electroscopes are instruments for showing the presence of static electricity.
All that can be done here is to explain a few pieces of simple apparatus to show the presence of static electricity, it being taken for granted that you know how to produce it, and that you have some book of simple experiments.
Many machines have been invented to produce larger quantities of static electricity than we have used in the experiments previously described.
The likeness between a discharge of static electricity and an electric current may be shown by winding a coil of insulated wire about a glass tube which contains a steel needle.
Static electricity is an element beyond absolute control and the source of much trouble.
The prophylaxis of yellow-fever is suggested by means of static electricity.
A form of condenser generally used in making experiments on static electricity is the Leyden jar, so named from the town of Leyden where it was invented.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "static electricity" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
