An Elementary Treatise on Electricity
Index of terms
Every concept, theorem, method and person the concept graph places in a chapter of this book, with the chapters that teach it and the other books on the shelf that teach it too.
Concepts (109)
- alloy
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- anode
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- battery
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- binary scale
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- cathode
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- chemical reaction
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- closed conducting surface
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- coefficients of capacity
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- comparison of resistances
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- conduction
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- conduction current
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- conduction of heat
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- conductivity of gases
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- conductor
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Vector Analysis and Quaternions
- conjugate conductors
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- conservative system
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- constant voltaic element
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- convection current
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- corresponding point
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
Also in: A Course of Pure Mathematics, Treatise on Thermodynamics
- current through a rarefied gas
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- dielectric
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- diffusion
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- direct problem of electrostatics
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- disruptive discharge
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- electric absorption
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric brush
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric circuit
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- electric current
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- electric discharge
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric displacement
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric field
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- electric fluid
Taught in: Electrification by Friction
- electric glow
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric induction
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- electric polarity
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric spark
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric tension
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- electric wind
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electrical brittleness
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electrical earth
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electrical image
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- electrification
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY
- electrode
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- electrolysis
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- electrolyte
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- electrolytic convection
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electromagnetic system of units
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- electromagnetism
Taught in: Electrification by Friction
Also in: An Introduction to Mathematics
- electrostatics-heat analogy
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- energy
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Treatise on Thermodynamics
- equipotential surface
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- geometrical progression
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: A Course of Pure Mathematics, An Introduction to Mathematics, Elementary Illustrations of the Differential and Integral Calculus, Mathematical Recreations and Essays, The First Steps in Algebra
- guard-ring
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- heat
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- heterostatic instrument
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- idiostatic instrument
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- imaginary surface
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- indicator diagram
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- induced electrification
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- induced electrification of the first species
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- induced electrification of the second species
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- inductor
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- insulator
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- inverse points
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- inverse points with respect to a sphere
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- inverse problem of electrostatics
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- ion
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- Joule heating
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- kinetic theory of heat
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Treatise on Thermodynamics
- line of electric force
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- linear conductor
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- magnetic action of an electric current
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- mercury
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- metal
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- molecular agitation
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- moment of inertia
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- negative electrification
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- neutral line
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- optical image
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- Peltier effect
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- physical analogy
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- polarization
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- positive electrification
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- potential gradient
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- pressure
Taught in: Electrification by Friction
Also in: An Introduction to Mathematics, Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Treatise on Thermodynamics
- pyroelectricity
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- receiver
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- residual discharge
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- reversible process
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- secondary products of electrolysis
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Siemens's formula for metal resistance
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- silk flap
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- spectrum
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- sphere
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: A Course of Pure Mathematics, Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Solid Geometry with Problems and Applications, Spherical Trigonometry, for the Use of Colleges and Schools
- standard of resistance
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- steady current
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- temperature
Taught in: Electrification by Friction
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Spherical Trigonometry, for the Use of Colleges and Schools, Treatise on Thermodynamics
- thermal effect of an electric current
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- thermo-electric diagram
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- thermo-electric effect
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- thermo-electric inversion
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Thomson effect
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- tourmaline
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- transient current
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- tube of flow
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- tube of induction
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- unit cell
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- unit tube of induction
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- work
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
Also in: Calculus Made Easy, Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Treatise on Thermodynamics, Vector Analysis and Quaternions
Theorems (34)
- attraction between two parallel charged planes
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- capacity of a sphere within a concentric spherical surface
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- common potential after contact
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- condenser bridge balance condition
Taught in: ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY
- constant potential within an equipotential closed surface
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- electric field of a uniformly electrified sphere
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- electric force at a conductor's surface
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- energy of a system of conductors
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- field of a uniformly electrified sphere
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- Green's theorem
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- Heaviside's best bridge resistances
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- increment of electrical energy when charges change
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- increment of energy of a fixed system of conductors
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- induced charge and potential ratio of two conductors
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- no electrification within a hollow conductor
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- no tube of induction returns into itself
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- number of cells equals twice the electrical energy
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- Ohm's formula
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- potential due to a point charge
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- potential within a closed equipotential surface is constant
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- rate of change of electric energy with charge
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- rate of change of electric energy with potential
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- reciprocity of potentials
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- reciprocity of potentials and charges
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- resistance of a uniform wire
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- resistance of conductors in multiple arc
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- resistance of conductors in series
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- sign of surface charge follows potential
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- Thomson's rule for electromotive force and chemical action
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Thomson's theorem
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- uniqueness theorem for electric potential
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- work done in charging a conductor
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- work done in displacing conductors at constant potential
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
- work done in displacing insulated conductors
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
Methods (29)
- approximating air potential by repeated contact with a discharged sphere
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- charging a vessel with multiples of a given charge
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- comparing charges
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- comparing electromotive forces by Poggendorff's compensation method
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- comparing equal resistances with Wheatstone's bridge
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- comparing two equal resistances with Wheatstone's bridge
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- comparison of two condensers
Taught in: ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY
- condenser bridge
Taught in: ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY
- cycle rule for linear circuits
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- determining battery resistance by Mance's method
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- determining equipotential surfaces with an exploring sphere
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- determining galvanometer resistance by Thomson's method
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- discharging a conductor
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- drawing equipotential surfaces by superposition
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- measuring a small electromotive force
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- measuring air potential with an earthed insulated sphere
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- measuring electric potential
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- measuring large potential differences in absolute measure
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- measuring potential by a stream of falling drops
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- measuring potential without touching the conductor
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- measuring the potential at a point in air
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- measuring the potential of a charged conductor of finite size
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- method of electric images
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- method of multiple arcs
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- null method
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- Paalzow's siphon method
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- reciprocal method of finding equipotential surfaces
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- summation
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
Also in: Calculus Made Easy
- Thomson's method of determining galvanometer resistance
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
Laws (18)
- charge on a closed conducting surface
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- conservation of electric charge
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- conservation of energy
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- Coulomb's law
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- electromotive force at a conductor's surface
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- electrostatic attraction and repulsion
Taught in: Electrification by Friction
- equal and opposite inner electrification
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- equal production of positive and negative electricity
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- Faraday's law of lines of induction
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- Faraday's laws of electrolysis
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Joule's law
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Kirchhoff's circuit laws
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Kirchhoff's laws
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- Kirchhoff's second law
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- law of Magnus
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Ohm's law
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- second law of thermodynamics
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- superposition of electric effects
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
Quantities (24)
- absolute temperature
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- capacity
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- coefficient of induction
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- conductivity
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- electric charge
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- electric current
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- electric energy
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY
- electric entropy
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- electric potential
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electric strength
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- electrochemical equivalent
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- electromotive force
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Calculus Made Easy, Vector Analysis and Quaternions
- entropy
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- force
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
Also in: An Introduction to Mathematics, Calculus Made Easy, Elementary Illustrations of the Differential and Integral Calculus, Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Spherical Trigonometry, for the Use of Colleges and Schools, Vector Analysis and Quaternions
- internal energy
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- mechanical equivalent of heat
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- resistance
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Calculus Made Easy, Vector Analysis and Quaternions
- specific heat of electricity
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- specific inductive capacity
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- specific resistance
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- surface charge density
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- temperature
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- temperature coefficient of resistance
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- thermo-electric power
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Units (5)
- electrostatic unit of electricity
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
- Jacobi's Etalon
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- ohm
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- Siemens unit
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- volt
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
Instruments (34)
- absolute galvanometer
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- attracted disk electrometer
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Bunsen's cell
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- carrier
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- condenser
Taught in: ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Coulomb's proof plane
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- Coulomb's torsion balance
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Daniell's cell
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- differential galvanometer
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- electrometer
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- electrophorus
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- electroscope
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- frictional electric machine
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- galvanometer
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- gold-leaf electroscope
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- Grove's cell
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- influence machine
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- Leyden jar
Taught in: PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- magneto-electric machine
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- parallel-disk condenser
Taught in: ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY
- quadrant electrometer
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- regenerator
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- replenisher
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- resistance box
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- resistance coil
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- revolving doubler
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- rheostat
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- slide wire
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- Smee's cell
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- spectroscope
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- thermo-electric battery
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- voltaic battery
Taught in: ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- water dropping accumulator
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Wheatstone's bridge
Taught in: ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Experiments (7)
- exploring the field with a small electrified body
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- exploring the field with two disks
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- Faraday's cube experiment
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- Faraday's ice-pail experiment
Taught in: ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
- Joule's experiments
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- proof-plane segment and spheres experiment
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
- tube-and-piston model of a dielectric
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
People (29)
- Alessandro Volta
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Augustus Matthiessen
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- C. F. Varley
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- C. W. Siemens
Taught in: ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC FIELD, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Cumming
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Friedrich Kohlrausch
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Georg Simon Ohm
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Treatise on Thermodynamics
- Hans Christian Oersted
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Heinrich Gustav Magnus
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Hermann von Helmholtz
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Treatise on Thermodynamics
- James Prescott Joule
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- Jean Charles Athanase Peltier
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Joseph Fourier
Taught in: FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
- Latimer Clark
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- Le Roux
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Michael Faraday
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, THE ELECTRIC FIELD, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- Norman Lockyer
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
- Oliver Heaviside
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- Oliver Lodge
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- Peter Guthrie Tait
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
- Rudolf Clausius
Taught in: THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
Also in: Treatise on Thermodynamics
- Siméon Denis Poisson
Taught in: THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES
- Thomas Johann Seebeck
Taught in: PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
- Wilhelm Weber
Taught in: THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
- William Nicholson
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- William Snow Harris
Taught in: METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
- William Thomson
Taught in: Electrification by Friction, ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES, FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION, PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION, THEORY OF ELECTRICAL IMAGES, ON ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY, THE ELECTRIC CURRENT, PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA, METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
Also in: Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Treatise on Thermodynamics