Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925 · London : Macmillan · leaf 94
capacity and resistance per unit of length. For a cable 2000 miles long, with c - J microfarad, and A: = 6 ohms, we have <M~ 8 seconds, and a= -1866 sec. The current, though calculable from the first instant, is relatively insensible for some little time. Thus, when / = l5a, it has only reached… … Now compare curve 1 with curve 3. In the latter all the circum-stances are the same, Avith the exception that there is a fault ofinfinitely small resistance situated at the middle of the cable. Of coursesuch a fault could not be worked through, since no current wouldarrive at the receiving-end.…
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