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CHAPTER III. Antecedents of Electricity--Nature of What Is

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Antecedents of Electricity--Nature of what is transformed--Series of transformations for the production of light--Positive and negative Electricity--Positive and negative twists--Rotations about a wire--Rotation of an arc--Ether a non-conductor--Electro-magnetic waves--Induction and inductive action--Ether stress and atomic position--Nature of an electric current--Electricity a condition, not an entity p. 94

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