Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 61Knight & Lacey, 1854 |
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Page 280 - These terms, or equivalents for them, cannot be dispensed with by those who study both the static and the dynamic relations of electricity ; every current where there is resistance has the static element and induction involved in it, whilst every case of insulation has more or less of the dynamic element and conduction ; and we have seen that...