Electricity (Kapp)

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Electricity (1912)
by Gisbert Johann Eduard Kapp

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ELECTRICITY

BY

GISBERT KAPP

PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE
UNIVERSITY, BIRMINGHAM

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

LONDON
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE

CONTENTS

CHAP.

PAGE

I

ON FORCES ACTING THROUGH SPACE

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7

II

ON FRICTIONAL AND CONTACT ELECTRICITY

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34

III

ON POTENTIAL

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55

IV

ELECTRIFICATION BY MECHANICAL MEANS

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87

V

THE ELECTRIC CURRENT

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113

VI

THE DYNAMICS OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS

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141

VII

THE DYNAMIC GENERATION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS

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170

VIII

ALTERNATING CURRENTS

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203

IX

THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY

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228

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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253

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INDEX

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255

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