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CONTENTS
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| 269. | Dissipation of the ions and loss of polarization The process where ions disperse and the opposing voltage (polarization) in a battery or cell decreases. | 321 |
| 270. | Limit of polarization | 321 |
| 271. | Ritter’s secondary pile An early form of rechargeable battery or accumulator invented by Johann Wilhelm Ritter. compared with the Leyden jar An early device for storing static electricity, the precursor to the modern capacitor. | 322 |
| 272. | Constant voltaic elements—Daniell’s cell A type of battery that provided a steady voltage, unlike earlier designs that weakened quickly. | 325 |
CHAPTER VI.
MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS.
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| 273. | Linear conductors Wires or other narrow paths for electricity. | 329 |
| 274. | Ohm’s Law | 329 |
| 275. | Linear conductors in series | 329 |
| 276. | Linear conductors in multiple arc Now commonly called "parallel circuits." | 330 |
| 277. | Resistance of conductors of uniform section | 331 |
| 278. | Dimensions of the quantities involved in Ohm’s law | 332 |
| 279. | Specific resistance and conductivity in electromagnetic measure | 333 |
| 280. | Linear systems of conductors in general | 333 |
| 281. | Reciprocal property of any two conductors of the system | 335 |
| 282. | Conjugate conductors Pairs of conductors in a network where a current in one produces no voltage in the other. | 336 |
| 283. | Heat generated in the system | 336 |
| 284. | The heat is a minimum when the current is distributed according to Ohm’s law | 337 |
CHAPTER VII.
CONDUCTION IN THREE DIMENSIONS.
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| 285. | Notation | 338 |
| 286. | Composition and resolution of electric currents The mathematical method of combining or breaking down current vectors. | 338 |
| 287. | Determination of the quantity which flows through any surface | 339 |
| 288. | Equation of a surface of flow | 340 |
| 289. | Relation between any three systems of surfaces of flow | 340 |
| 290. | Tubes of flow A conceptual volume in a fluid or electric field through which the same amount of "flow" passes at every cross-section. | 340 |
| 291. | Expression for the components of the flow in terms of surfaces of flow | 341 |
| 292. | Simplification of this expression by a proper choice of parameters | 341 |
| 293. | Unit tubes of flow used as a complete method of determining the current | 341 |
| 294. | Current-sheets and current-functions | 342 |
| 295. | Equation of "continuity" A mathematical principle stating that the amount of electricity entering a region must equal the amount leaving it, unless the charge is accumulating. | 342 |
| 296. | Quantity of electricity which flows through a given surface | 344 |
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