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Art.

222. Measurement of the potential of a conductor without touching it

223. Measurement of the superficial density of electrification. The proof plane

224. A hemisphere used as a test

225. A circular disk

226. On electric accumulators. The Leyden jar

227. Accumulators of measurable capacity

228. The guard-ring accumulator

229. Comparison of the capacities of accumulators


Part II.

Electrokinematics.

Chapter I.

The Electric Current.

230. Current produced when conductors are discharged

231. Transference of electrification

232. Description of the voltaic battery

233. Electromotive force

234. Production of a steady current

235. Properties of the current

236. Electrolytic action

237. Explanation of terms connected with electrolysis

238. Different modes of passage of the current

239. Magnetic action of the current

240. The Galvanometer

Chapter II.

Conduction And Resistance.

241. Ohm's Law

242. Generation of heat by the current. Joule's Law

243. Analogy between the conduction of electricity and that of heat

244. Differences between the two classes of phenomena

245. Farady's doctrine of the impossibility of an absolute charge