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INTRODUCTION.

At the present time, different opinions are being held about the fundamental equations of Electrodynamics for moving bodies. The Hertzian[1] forms must be given up, for it has appeared that they are contrary to many experimental results.

In 1895 H. A. Lorentz[2] published his theory of

  1. Ueber die Grundgleichungen der Elektrodynamik für bewegte Körper. Wiedemanns Ann. 41. p. 869. 1890 (also in: Ges. Werke Bd. I. p. 266. Leipzig 1B92).
  2. Versuch einer Theorie der elektrischen und optischen Erscheinungen in bewegten Körpern, Leiden 1895.