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Chapter III.

Induction of Electric Currents..

528. Faraday's discovery. Nature of his methods 162
529. The method of this treatise founded on that of Faraday 163
530. Phenomena of magneto-electric induction 164
531. General law of induction of currents 166
532. Illustrations of the direction of induced currents 166
533. Induction by the motion of the earth 167
534. The electromotive force due to induction does not depend on the material of the conductor 168
535. It has no tendency to move the conductor 168
536. Felici's experiments on the laws of induction 168
537. Use of the galvanometer to determine the time-integral of the electromotive force 170
538. Conjugate positions of two coils 171
539. Mathematical expression for the total current of induction 172
540. Faraday's conception of an electrotonic state 173
541. His method of stating the laws of induction with reference to the lines of magnetic force 174
542. The law of Lenz, and Neumann's theory of induction 176
543. Helmholtz's deduction of induction from the mechanical action of currents by the principle of conservation of energy 176
544. Thomson's application of the same principle 178
545. Weber's contributions to electrical science 178

Chapter IV.

Induction of a Current on Itself..

546. Shock given by an electromagnet 180
547. Apparent momentum of electricity 180
548. Difference between this case and that of a tube containing a current of water 181
549. If there is momentum it is not that of the moving electricity 181
550. Nevertheless the phenomena are exactly analogous to those of momentum 181
551. An electric current has energy, which may be called electrokinetic energy 182
552. This leads us to form a dynamical theory of electric currents 182