Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), Sir, 1856-1940 · New Haven Yale University Press · leaf 67
ll occupy the position OP^ while theportion ^(^outside the outer sphere will be in theposition it would have occupied if the particle hadnot been reduced to rest, i.e.^ if 6^ is the j^ositionthe particle would have occupied if it had notbeen stopped, PQ will be a straight line pass- 56 ELECTRICITY… … Fig. 13. page of the particle was radial, has now in theshell a tangential component, and this tangentialcomponent implies a tangential electric force.The stoppage of the particle thus produces aradical change in the electric field due to the par-ticle, and gives rise, as the following…
