rheostat

• The rheostat was already over as far as it would go We will move closer to the thing," he said What's wrong with moving away from it?" —  067 - The Red Terrors
• "We believe this idea that T cell signaling acts more like a rheostat than an on / off switch offers significant new insights into how T cell development and function is controlled,"
• To regulate the strength of the current a rheostat was placed in the circuit. —  Fragments of science, V. 1-2
• One wire runs to the switch, B, and the other connects with the water rheostat, which is used for reducing the current Illustration: Arc-Light Motor and Water Rheostat A tin can, C is filled nearly to the top with salt water, and a metal rod, D, is passed through a piece of wood fastened at the top of the can. —  The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do
• These iron contacts are connected with the divisions of a rheostat, R, arranged in a tight compartment surrounded with paraffine, near the tube This rheostat is interposed in the general circuit. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887

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