Translation:Attempt of a Theory of Electrical and Optical Phenomena in Moving Bodies

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Attempt at a Theory of Electrical and Optical Phenomena in Moving Bodies (1895)
by Hendrik Lorentz, translated from German by Wikisource
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Attempt of a Theory


of


Electrical and Optical Phenomena
in Moving Bodies


by

H. A. Lorentz

Professor at the University of Leiden


LEIDEN — E. J. BRILL.

1895.

CONTENTS.




Page
Introduction 1
Some definitions and mathematical relations 9
Section I. The fundamental equations for a system of ions located in the aether 14
II. Electric phenomena in ponderable bodies that are moving with constant velocity through the stationary aether 31
III. Investigation of oscillations excited by oscillating ions 48
IV. The equations of motion of light for ponderable bodies 59
V. Application to optical phenomena 82
VI. Experiments whose results cannot be explained without further ado 115
Collection of the most important expressions 139




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