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one obtains

$\left[\frac{\partial'\mathfrak{A}}{\partial t}\mathfrak{B}\right]+\left[\mathfrak{A}\frac{\partial'\mathfrak{B}}{\partial t}\right]=\frac{\delta}{\delta t}[\mathfrak{AB}]+[\mathfrak{AB}]\mathrm{div}\mathfrak{w}-\left[\mathfrak{A},\ (\mathfrak{B}\nabla)\mathfrak{w}\right]+\left[\mathfrak{B},\ (\mathfrak{A}\nabla)\mathfrak{w}\right]$

Due to the identity which is easily to be verified

$\left[\mathfrak{A},\ (\mathfrak{B}\nabla)\mathfrak{w}\right]-\left[\mathfrak{B},\ (\mathfrak{A}\nabla)\mathfrak{w}\right]=[\mathfrak{AB}]\mathrm{div}\mathfrak{w}-([\mathfrak{AB}]\nabla)\mathfrak{w}-\left[[\mathfrak{AB}]\mathrm{curl}\mathfrak{w}\right]$

the relation is obtained

(5)	$\left[\frac{\partial'\mathfrak{A}}{\partial t}\mathfrak{B}\right]+\left[\mathfrak{A}\frac{\partial'\mathfrak{B}}{\partial t}\right]=\frac{\delta}{\delta t}[\mathfrak{AB}]+([\mathfrak{AB}]\nabla)\mathfrak{w}-\left[[\mathfrak{AB}]\mathrm{curl}\mathfrak{w}\right]$

§ 3. The energy equation and the momentum equations.

We understand under $xyzt$ coordinates and the time, measured in a reference system in which the observer has a fixed location. The ponderomotive force measured by him, which is acting (due to the electromagnetic process) on the unit volume of moving matter, shall have the components:

(6)

$\begin{cases} \mathfrak{K}_{x}=\frac{\partial X_{x}}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial X_{y}}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial X_{z}}{\partial z}-\frac{\partial\mathfrak{g}_{x}}{\partial t},\\ \\\mathfrak{K}_{y}=\frac{\partial Y_{x}}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial Y_{y}}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial Y_{z}}{\partial z}-\frac{\partial\mathfrak{g}_{y}}{\partial t},\\ \\\mathfrak{K}_{z}=\frac{\partial Z_{x}}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial Z_{y}}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial Z_{z}}{\partial z}-\frac{\partial\mathfrak{g}_{z}}{\partial t}.\end{cases}$

The vector $\mathfrak{g}$ which arises here, is denoted by us as "electromagnetic momentum density" or shortly as "momentum density". The system of "fictitious electromagnetic stresses" consists of six quantities, namely the normal stresses $X_{x},\ Y_{y},\ Z_{z}$, and the pairwise shear-stresses which are mutually equal:

(6a)	$X_{y}=Y_{x},\ Y_{z}=Z_{y},\ Z_{x}=X_{z}$

To the "momentum equations" (6), the energy equation is added:

(7)	$\mathfrak{wK}+Q=-\mathrm{div}\mathfrak{S}-\frac{\partial\psi}{\partial t}$

Here, $Q$ means the Joule-head, $\psi$ the electromagnetic energy density, $\mathfrak{S}$ the energy current.

While the momentum equations determine the momentum exerted by the electromagnetic field, the energy equation determines which energy-quantity per unit space and time is converted into a non-electromagnetic form (work and heat).

If one introduces into (6) and (7) the temporal derivative defined by (3) and (3a),