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Aepinus's essay on the theory of electricity and magnetism /

First published in St. Petersburg in 1759, F.U.T. Aepinus's Tenuimen theoriae electricilatis el magnetismi was one of the outstanding achievements of eighteenth-century physics. Its rigorous mathematical investigation of electricity and magnetism was an important and innovative departure from t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Home, R. W. (Autor de introducción, etc.), Connor, P. J. (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1979.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE. Biographical Outline
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Electrical Background
  • CHAPTER THREE. Electricity in the Essay
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Magnetism
  • CHAPTER FIVE. A Place in History
  • AN ESSAY ON THE THEORY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM BY F. U. T. AEPINUS
  • DEDICATION
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER I. General Principles of the Theory of Electricity and Magnetism
  • CHAPTER II. Concerning Electrical and Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion
  • CHAPTER III. Concerning the Communication of Electricity and Magnetism
  • CHAPTER IV. Concerning Certain Phenomena of Bodies Immersed in Electric and Magnetic Vortices, and Concerning the Magnetism of the Earth
  • APPENDIX: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AEPINUS'S PUBLISHED WRITINGS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY WORKS CITED
  • INDEX