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Ohm, Georg Simon, 123, 135

Oken, Lorenz, 132

Pfaff, Christian Heinrich, 132

Poggendorf, Johann Christian, 127, 132, 136

Raschig, Christoph Eusebius, 129

Ritter, Johann Wilhelm, 129

Savart, Felix, 135

Schweigger, Johann Salomo Christoph, 127, 132, 136

Seebeck, T., 128, 135

Soemmering, S. T., 125

Speter, M., 127, 128

Thenard, Louis Jacques, 125

Tromsdorff, Johann Bartholomacus, 125

Van Marum, Martin, 123

Volta, Alessandro, 123, 124, 127

Wollaston, W. H., 125

Zamboni, Giuseppe, 132

Transcriber's Corrections.

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected as follows:

Page 127: "in the magnetic meridian, then"--had "meridan." Page 128: "mainly of the postscript, with"--had "postcript." Page 134: "paper of April 2, 1821, is quite"--had "1921." Page 135: "thermoelectric circuits, where"--had "thermoelectirc." Page 135: "arrangement has resulted."--had "arragnement." Page 135: "King of the American Institute of Physics."--had "Physic." Footnote 13: "Geschichte der Elektrizitaet"--had "Elektrizitat." Footnote 16: "Journal fuer Chemie und Physik"--had "and." Footnote 24: "The German word Kette"--had "work."

Questionable spellings have been retained as follows:

Page 125 and Index: J. B. [Johann Bartholomacus] Tromsdorff--should be Johann Bartholomaeus Trommsdorff?

Page 129: "sulphur, phosphorous and carbon..."--should be "phosphorus" but may be misspelled in the quoted material?

Footnote 20: "Sur le Multiplier electro-magnetique..."--should be "Multiplicateur"?

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