The versorium (Latin word for "turn around") was the first electroscope, the first instrument that could detect the presence of static electric charge...

measuring instrument. The first electroscope was a pivoted needle (called the versorium), invented by British physician William Gilbert around 1600. The pith-ball...

credited with establishing the term "electricity". He also designed the versorium: a device that detects the presence of statically charged objects. In...

stick when rubbed affects a rotating needle made of any type of metal (a versorium) and attracts paper, leaves and even water. But electricity is different...

His experiments lead to observations involving a small compass needle (versorium) which replicated magnetic behaviours when subjected to a spherical magnet...

instrument, the electroscope, in the form of a pivoted needle he called the versorium. Like others of his day, he believed that crystal (quartz) was an especially...

albo versorio and negro semen where Classical Latin would have album versorium and nigrum semen. The replacement of Latin -um with -o is consistent with...

automation Automatic systems to assist, or replace, the driver of a vehicle. Versorium An antique version of an electroscope. vibrator An electromechanical interrupter...

Band, Where are My Keys??? (2011). Clarinet, bass clarinet. Sonido 13, Versorium (2009). Clarinet, bass clarinet, electronics. Payazen! Klezmer Band, Where...

(motor) – Vector group – Vehicle-to-grid – Vehicular automation – Velcro – Versorium – Vibrator (electronic) – Video camera tube – Video game console – Video...