Fuel lines are also susceptible to the problem unless preventive action is taken.
The versorium (Latin "turn around") was the first crude electroscope, the first instrument that could detect the presence of static electric charge.
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Stray static electric charges on the experimenter's body, clothes, or nearby apparatus, as well as AC electric fields from mains-powered equipment, can induce additional charges on parts of the container or charged object C, giving a false reading.
He had a great interest in science, particularly with Humphry Davy's experiments with the arc light; he tinkered with and built simple electrical devices such as a static electricity machine at age 12, experimenting in a workshop on his parents farm.