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gold-leaf electrometer, gold leaf electrometer
A simple instrument for measuring an electrical charge.
A support in an insulating chamber which has a moveable gold leaf attached to it.
Increasing the same charge causes increasing forces of repulsion, which causes additional movements of the gold leaf away from the support.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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