Such a value means that cell resistance limited the maximum deflections for the parallel-connected multipliers, while coil resistance fixed the limit in the series case.
"The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments"
Robert A. Chipman
The multipliers for the mean temperature of the strata of atmosphere passed through, are computed for every degree Fahrenheit, by the formula for expansion usually employed, and given in Baily's Astronomical Tables and Biot's Astronomie Physique.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
Now, in order to get the smallest product, it is necessary to select as multipliers the two smallest possible numbers.
"Amusements in Mathematics"
Henry Ernest Dudeney