RUTHWELL, a parish, in the county of Dumfries containing the village of Clarencefield, 7Â½ miles (W. by N.) from Annan.
This is the basis of generation in rotating machines. You can produce a current in a conductor by connecting opposite ends to the + and-poles of a battery, but don't try this with your car battery or you will burn out the conductor and produce a lot of heat. It is safer to use a small dry battery.
Household Electricity. Cells and batteries provide an electrical current which always flows around the circuit in the same direct, this is called direct current (dc). In the UK mains electricity is supplied at about 230 volts and is supplied as (ac) or alternating current.