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ERIC Number: EJ185586
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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19th Century Textbook Illustrations (XXIII): The Rheostat
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr.
Physics Teacher, 16, 5, 301-2, May 78
Summarizes Charles Wheatstone's 1843 paper introducing the Wheatstone bridge and the rheostat. (SL)
Descriptors: Electricity, History, Physics, Science Education, Science History, Scientific Research, Scientists
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Identifiers: Charles Wheatstone