... Lat. Helicoi'des; from the Gr. HXiS;, a “coil,” and Eidog, a “form” or “resem- blance.”] Resembling that which is spiral; coiled like a helix or snail-shell:—applied to parts of plants. ...

... ik-oid) [ehf, a spiral; elfioq, form]. Spiral; coiled like a snail-shell. Helicotrema (hel-ik-o-tre'-mah) [ehf, helix, coil; tpi/pa, hole]. The opening connecting the scalse ...

... interposing a condenser in the circuit. In Ruhmkorff s coil the condenser ... is placed below the helix ii the base of the apparatus. Being introduced ...

... gray-spotted triton. Black, with grayish spots ; length, seven inches. Only locality Western Penn- sylvania. (?) The gelatinous ropes and coiled globular bunches of the spawn, containing the eggs and young of the salamanders, are ...

... form of a horseshoe. An insulated wire is coiled round its extremities. When a ... If the iron bar within the helix be more than a third of an inch ...

... 641. If in this experiment the wire be coiled on the tube in such a manner ... or dextrorsal spiral or helix (fig. 641), of which the ordinary screw is ...

... 66 GALVANISM- Let an insulated copper wire be coiled in the form of a helix, as at d, connect the two ends of the wire b, 6,with the cups c, z, into which the poles of a battery may be inserted. If bars of soft iron or steel be placed in the coil, they will become magnetized the instant the voltaic ...

... or iron. If a thin copper wire be coiled round into a helix, and carefully ... the combustion ceases. If the coil be heated to redness in a spirit-lamp ...

... to rotate with the flyAvheel, Avhile the field coils consisting of a single ... of the engine. 7. Study the action of the commutator (which Avould ...

... ii-on. If a thin copper wire be coiled round into a helix, and carefully ... the combustion ceases. If the coil be heated to redness in a spirit- lamp ...