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A Method of determining the Electrical Resistance of Fibre Bundles

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SOME years ago, one of us1 showed that the quantity of static electricity developed on textiles during, for example, the carding operation, could be explained in terms of the electrical leak through the fibre; but the resistance measurements made at that time were limited to the order of 1011 ohms by the electric leak of the supporting frame.

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    G. MORRIS & A. N. D. YOUNG

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MORRIS, G., YOUNG, A. A Method of determining the Electrical Resistance of Fibre Bundles. Nature 171, 220–221 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171220b0

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