These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Induced Currents, Induction, Induction Balance.
a department of France, lying N. W. of the department of Indre. It is watered by the Loire, and by its tributaries, the Cher, the Indre, and the Vienne, all of them navigable. Of the products, which include an abundant yield of the ordinary bread stuffs, wine is the most important. Chief towns: Tours, the capital, Chinon, and Loches. Pop. about 350,000.
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electric currents developed in conductors in proximity to other conductors traversed by intermittent or fluctuating currents; also, electric currents developed in conductors moving in the field of a magnet, or in conductors within the field of a moving magnet.
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the act of inducting or oringing in; introduction; a bringing in or putting into an office. In electricity, the action which electrified bodies exert at a distance on bodies in a natural state. An insulated conductor, charged with either kind of electricity, so acts on bodies in a natural state placed near it as to decompose the neutral fluid, attracting the opposite kind of electricity, and repelling the same kind. In logic and philosophy, Whately (Logic, bk. iv., ch. i., §1) notes the ambiguity of this word, it being employed (a) to designate the process of investigation and collecting facts; and (b) the deducing of an inference from those facts. It is also loosely used in the sense of an inference from observed facts. In magnetism, the action which magnetized bodies exert at a distance on bodies in a natural state. In natural science, a consequence, inference, or general principle drawn from a number of particular facts or phenom- As Whewell says the inductive ena. philosophy ascends from particular facts to general principles, and then descends again from these general principles to particular applications. Coefficient of magnetic induction is a coefficient expressing the ratio of the intensity of the induced magnetization to the intensity of the field.
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a modification of the microphone. Its object is to measure the differences in the molecular constitution of metallic bodies. A milligram of copper on an iron wire finer than the human hair has been detected, and its exact value ascertained, by this delicate instrument. In its present form it consists of two flat coils, about 4 inches in diameter and 1/2 inch in thickness, of insulated copper wire, battery, condenser, circuit and telephone.
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in electrical machinery, a contrivance which consists essentially of two separate coils of insulated wire wound round a soft iron core.
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a term applied commercially to a series of aniline colors, obtained by treating the bases of magenta refuse with aniline and acetic acid. There are two kinds of indulin, the one soluble in alcohol, the other in water. Spirit-soluble indulin dyes wool, silk, and cotton different shades of blue or gray. The water-soluble indulins dye fabrics light and dark shades of gray, even approaching black; but the blacks are not satisfactory either in color or durability.
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one of the great rivers of Asia, which rises in Tibet, on the N. of the mountain Kailas, celebrated in the mythology of the Hindus. After passing the city of Lahdack, in Kashmir, it takes a S. W. course, and forcing its way through the mountains called the Hindu Kush enters Hindustan in about lat. 35° N. Its course is generally to the S. Below its confluence with the Punjnud. the Indus, instead of increasing in volume, becomes gradually less. Its basin is here narrow, so that the affluents are insignificant, while its arid, sandy nature causes the river to suffer from absorption and evaporation. At Miani, 8 miles N. of Haidarabad, commences the Delta proper, which measures 75 miles upward, by 130 along the coast of the Arabian Sea. The area of the drainage -its extreme dimensions being respectively 900 miles and 750-has perhaps been over-estimated at 488,000 square miles. The value of the Indus as a route of traffic is less than that of most other streams of equal magnitude. In the winter, one only of its numerous outlets is at all available for communication with the sea. The Indus abounds with fish of excellent quality, and is infested by crocodiles.
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the most westerly of the great rivers of India. It rises in the unexplored regions of the Himalayas and flows in a general southwesterly direction into the Arabian Sea . Its upper waters are swift and pass in places through narrow, precipitous defiles. The walls of one gap in Cashmere are 2,000 feet in height. The lower valley of the Indus is not far from the boundaries of Afghanistan and Baluchistan. In portions of its course the Indus is much diminished in volume by loss of water through evaporation and sinking in the sand. Much more is drawn away for purposes of irrigation. The delta is a sandy waste of little value. The Indus was reached, it may be remembered, by the forces of Alexander. On the whole its valley is not fertile. It does not compare favorably with that of the Ganges. The Indus has a total length of about 1,900 miles and drains an area of 360,000 square miles. It is considered one of the great rivers of the world, but it does not rank in size with the Ganges. In one part of its course it is twenty feet in depth and has a generous breadth; but in general, especially in seasons of drouth, it may be said to be a shallow river. The lower part of its course is navigable for steamers having a draft not to exceed seven feet. See India ; Ganges ; Rain
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PAUL MARIE THÉODORE VINCENT D', a French composer and pianist. Born in Paris in 1851, at the age of fourteen he was a master of the piano. After the Franco-Prussian War in of which the Société he served Nationale, he became de secretary Musique, died in 1890 D'Indy became president latter. true of all animal life. resident. In 1906 he made a tour of the United States, conducting his own works with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Although he has written two or three operas his best compositions have been for instrumental music . He has also written biographies and books on musical instruction.
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