Author: S. S. Richardson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-12

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 9781330043417

Excerpt from Magnetism and Electricity: And the Principles of Electrical Measurement The object of this book is to provide a sound and systematic course of study in the main principles of Electricity and Electrical Measurement. It is written to meet the requirements of students who have already, in a first year's course, made some acquaintance with the elementary descriptive parts of the subject, and are commencing the study of Electricity in its more quantitative aspects, either as a branch of pure Physics or as a preparation for a course of Applied Electricity. In the choice of subject-matter regard has been paid to the demand made on the student's knowledge of auxiliary and correlative subjects. Most students obtain, in conjunction with their first year's course, a knowledge of the elements of Algebra, Mechanics, and Heat; such preparation has therefore been assumed. On the other hand, the student cannot at this stage be expected to have acquired familiarity with the principles of Thermodynamics, the Theory of Wave Propagation, or the Kinetic Theory of Gases. Portions of the subject requiring a knowledge of these or similar branches of higher Physics have therefore been strictly excluded. By this means, also, a more satisfactory treatment of the main principles, and a more adequate explanation of points of special difficulty, have been made possible. For convenience of reference a brief résumé of the fundamental properties of magnets, electric charges, and currents is given in Chapters I, VIII, and XVIII. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.