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CHAPTER VII. The Modern Development of Electricity and Magnetism

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THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

(1) (p. 235). Davy's paper before Royal Institution, 1810. (2) (p. 238). Hans Christian Oersted, Experiments with the Effects of the Electric Current on the Magnetic Needle, 1815. (3) (p. 243). On the Induction of Electric Currents, by Michael Faraday, F.R.S., Phil. Trans. of Royal Society of London for 1832, pp. 126-128. (4) (p. 245). Explication of Arago's Magnetic Phenomena, by Michael Faraday, F.R.S., Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London for 1832, pp. 146-149.

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