odies in the system in a certainratio. Take the simplest case, that of a conductor immersed in amedium and freely electrified. Supposing the medium to extend to an indefinite dis-tance round the conductor, the whole efi^ect of the system ofelectrified molecules composing the medium may be repre- … TO STATICAL ELECTRICITY. 57 sen ted by a distribution of electricity over the inner surfaceof the dielectric (Prop. IX. Cor.). Fig. 20. Again, assuming the dielectricto be electrically homogeneous(isotropic), or to have no electricpolarity, we see that a change inthe dielectric cannot produce…
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