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Electricity

"Electricity" Article - Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction.

HISTORICAL SKETCH
Part 2. Historical Sketch.

GENERAL SKETCH OF PHENOMENA
Part 3. General Sketch of Electrical Phenomena.

Part 4. Provisional Theory.

Part 5. Electric Quantity.
Part 6. Electrical Distribution.
Part 7. Laws of Electrical Force

MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICAL EQUILIBRIUM
Part 8. Mathematical Theory of Electrical Equilibrium.

OF THE INSULATING MEDIUM
Part 9. Of the Insulating Medium - Introduction.
Part 10. Residual Discharge.

OF THE PASSAGE OF ELECTRICITY THROUGH BODIES
Part 11. Of the Passage of Electricity through Bodies.
Part 12. Ohm's Law applied to Metallic Conductors.
Part 13. Application of Ohm's Law to Electrolytes.

Part 14. On Resistance in General.

TRANSFORMATIONS OF ENERGY ACCOMPANYING THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT
Part 15. Transformations of Energy accompanying the Electrical Current.
Part 16. Heating Effects.
Part 17. Electromagnetism and Electrodynamics.
Part 18. The Induction of Electric Currents.
Part 19. On the Origin of the Electromotive Force.

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS
Part 20. Absolute Measurements.

THEORIES OF ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA
Part 21. Theories of Electrical Phenomena.

INDEX
Part 22. Article Index.



The above article was written by: George Chrystal, M.A., Professor of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh.




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