Poynting, J. H. (John Henry), 1852-1914, Shakespear, Gilbert Arden, ed, Barlow, Guy, joint ed · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 26
of lines of electric and magnetic force, discussesthe question of the transfer of energy from the point of view of the movementof these lines. He applies the same considerations to the question of theresidual charge in Leyden jars in his fascinating and instructive paper onDischarge of Electricity… … from a point of view somewhat different from the one he adopted. It appears,for example, as a measure of the momentum per unit volume when the electro-magnetic field is regarded as a mechanical system and the properties of thefield as the result of the laws of motion of such a system. It appears,…
Poynting, J. H. (John Henry), 1852-1914 · Physics
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