IT is well known that the sudden development of a current in a conductor is opposed by an influence analogous to the inertia of ordinary matter. A powerful movement of electricity cannot be suddenly ...
IN a lecture delivered by Mr. Willoughby Smith before the Royal Institution in June last (see Proceedings) ne experiments are detailed, which are considered to afford an explanation of discrepancies ...
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