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By Joseph John Thomson

Published 1893
Clarendon press

578 pages

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Contents

Electric displacement	1
displacement, electricity, mathematical
Faraday tubes	2
faraday, electrostatic, tubes
Unit Faraday tubes	3
electrolysis, tubes, atoms
Analogy with kinetic theory of gases	4

Behaviour of Faraday tubes in a conductor	5
chlorine, atoms, kinetic
Connection between electric displacement and Faraday tubes	6
crevasse, whose components, magnetic force

Bate of change of electric polarization expressed in terms of the velocity of Faraday tubes	9

Electromotive intensity due to induction	10

Velocity of Faraday tubes	11
closed circuit, entirely due
Systems of tubes moving with different velocities	12
intensities, momentum, angles
Magnetic force due to alteration in the dielectric polarization	16

Rotating electrified plates	23
condenser, wied, electrified
Motion of tubes in a steady magnetic field	28
equipotential, cylinder, tangential
Induction of currents due to changes in the magnetic field	32
tangential, cylinder, wires
Induction due to the motion of the circuit	33
conductor, inertia, accumulate
Effect of soft iron in the field	34
equipotential, axis, surfaces
Permanent magnets	35
rotation, upwards, axis
Steady current along a straight wire	36
algebraical, inwards, molecular
Motion of tubes when the currents are rapidly alternating	38

Induced currents	321

Art lâge	8
equipotential surfaces, magnetic effects
Galvanic cell	48
electrolytic, conductivities, arons
Hot gases	55
geitel, hydriodic, blondlot
Discharge of electricity by glowing bodies	62
elster, incandescence, electrification
Electric Strength of a gas	68
bailie, elster, vapour
Potential difference expressed in terms of spark length	74
bailie, paschen, carbonic
Appearance of such discharges	96
rarefied, electrodeless, bulb
Appearance of discharge when electrodes are used	108
hittorf, crookes, phosphorescence
CONJUGATE FUNCTIONS	208
schwarzian, polygon, christoffel
Method of appi iiig it to electrostatics	234

Case of a plate between two infinite parallel plates	216
infinite, diagram, plate
Correction for thickness of plate	218
integrable, finite, breadth
Case of one cube inside another	222
density, potential
Application of elliptic functions to problems in electrostatics	236
elliptic, modulus, strips
Capacity of a pile of plates	239
breadth, pile, varies
Capacity of a system of radial plates	241
hence, arranged radially
Finite plate at right angles to two infinite ones	242
elliptic, elliptic functions
Two sets of parallel plates	244
infinity, pile, infinite parallel
Two sets of radial plates	246

Two sets of parallel plates	248
surfaces, stretching, ranges
Two sets of radial plates	249
outer, quantity, hence
Limitation of problems solved	250
tables, function, capacity
CHAPTER IV	251

Alternating currents in two dimensions	253
feos, coso, ponent
Case when rate of alternation is very rapid	259
millimetre, sinl, vibra
Propagation of electric waves along wires	263
heine, radii, vanish
Expansion of x JtxJtx	274
bracket, intensity, function
Moderately rapid alternating currents	276
unity, comparable, approximately
Very rapidly alternating currents	278
logarithm, decay, propagation
Currents confined to a thin skin	280
leyden, apparent resistance
Magnetic force in dielectric	282
hagenbach, disturbance, die away
Mechanical force between flat conductors	300
repulsion, slab, solenoid
Case when the alternations are very rapid	306
dxdydz, poynting, lamination
Expression for rate of heat production in a wire	314
irib, transformer, coil
When the rate of alternation is rapid	321
tinfoil, beaker, impedance
Vibrations of electrical systems	328
biquadratic, cotm, feddersen
Time of oscillations on a cylindrical cavity	344
vanishes, cavity, cylindrical cavity
State of the field round the cylinder	350
indentation, uniform magnetic, rapid oscillations
Electrical oscillations on spheres	361
zonal, harmonic, niven
Equation giving the periods of vibration	367
zonal, harmonic, meridional
When the radii of the spheres are nearly equal	375

Art Page	321
biquadratic, cotm, rapid vibrations
magnetic field	384
hertz, pendulum, coil
The resonator	391
resonator, hertzian, bjerknes
Parabolic mirrors	404
resonator, trouton, tanr
Reflection of these waves from and transmission through	414
refractive, centimetres, incident wave
Table of refractive indices of metals	420
grating, rayleigh, metallic
Scattering of light by metal spheres	437
reflector, electric polarization, wave front
Scattering by n small sphere	447
sino, sphere, electric polarization
Sarasins and De la Rives experiments on waves along wires	459
bolometer, arons, galvanometer
Effects produced by a magnetic field on light	482
centim, kundt, righi
DISTRIBUTION OF RAPIDLY ALTERNATING CURRENTS	511
resistances, dissipation function, force tending
Case of any number of wires in parallel	517
solenoids, tertiaries, secondaries
Wheatstones bridge with alternating currents	527
frictional, mutual induction, periodic force
CHAPTER VII	534
insulators, rotating, rotating sphere
Propagation of light through a moving dielectric	543
moving uniformly, light passing, spherical harmonic
Art Page	550
diamagnetic, dxdydz, symmetrical
Couples and Forces on the Rotating Sphere	554
eudiometer, electrometer, electrolysis

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