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CONTENTS.
Systems of Conductors.
Art.
Page
84. On the superposition of electrified systems
88
85. Energy of an electrified system
88
86. General theory of a system of conductors. Coefficients of potential
89
87. Coefficients of induction. Capacity of a conductor. Dimensions of these coefficients
90
88. Reciprocal property of the coefficients
91
89. A theorem due to Green
92
90. Relative magnitude of the coefficients of potential
92
91. And of induction
93
92. The resultant mechanical force on a conductor expressed in terms of the charges of the different conductors of the system and the variation of the coefficients of potential
94
93. The same in terms of the potentials, and the variation of the coefficients of induction
94
94. Comparison of electrified systems
96
General Theorems.
95. Two opposite methods of treating electrical questions
98
96. Characteristics of the potential function
99
97. Conditions under which the volume-integral
vanishes
100
98. Thomson's theorem of the unique minimum of
103
99. Application of the theorem to the determination of the distribution of electricity
107
100. Green's theorem and its physical interpretation
108
101. Green's functions
113
102. Method of finding limiting values of electrical coefficients
115
