A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. I (1873) - Page 24

CONTENTS.

Art.		Page
52.	Specific inductive capacity The ability of a material to store electrical energy in an electric field. of a dielectric An insulating material. .. .. .. .. ..	50
53.	‘Absorption’ of electricity .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	50
54.	Impossibility of an absolute charge .. .. .. .. ..	51
55.	Disruptive discharge—Glow .. .. .. .. .. ..	52
56.	Brush .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	54
57.	Spark .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	55
58.	Electrical phenomena of Tourmaline A mineral that generates electricity when heated or cooled. .. .. .. .. ..	56
59.	Plan of the treatise, and sketch of its results .. .. .. ..	57
60.	Electric polarization and displacement .. .. .. .. ..	59
61.	The motion of electricity analogous to that of an incompressible fluid .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	62
62.	Peculiarities of the theory of this treatise .. .. .. ..	62

CHAPTER II.


63.	Definition of electricity as a mathematical quantity .. .. ..	66
64.	Volume-density, surface-density, and line-density .. .. ..	67
65.	Definition of the electrostatic unit of electricity .. .. ..	68
66.	Law of force between electrified bodies .. .. .. ..	69
67.	Resultant force between two bodies .. .. .. .. ..	69
68.	Resultant force at a point .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	69
69.	Line-integral of electric force; electromotive force .. .. ..	71
70.	Electric potential .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	72
71.	Resultant force in terms of the potential .. .. .. ..	72
72.	The potential of all points of a conductor is the same .. ..	73
73.	Potential due to an electrified system .. .. .. .. ..	74
74.	Proof of the law of the inverse square .. .. .. ..	74
75.	Surface-integral of electric induction .. .. .. .. ..	77
76.	Induction through a closed surface due to a single center of force .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	77
77.	Poisson’s extension of Laplace’s equation Mathematical formulas used to describe how potential varies in space. .. .. .. ..	79
78.	Conditions to be fulfilled at an electrified surface .. .. ..	80
79.	Resultant force on an electrified surface .. .. .. ..	82
80.	The electrification of a conductor is entirely on the surface ..	83
81.	A distribution of electricity on lines or points is physically impossible .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	84
82.	Lines of electric induction .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	84
83.	Specific inductive capacity .. .. .. .. .. ..	86