Elementary lessons in electricity and magnetism (1906)
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916, Schwetzky, Otto H. L. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thompson & Thomas · leaf 448
entury the oscillatory nature of a discharge ofa Leyden jar was recognised by such eminent author-ities as Henry, Helmholtz and Kelvin, while ClerkMaxwell, who died 1879, contended that the velocitiesof electric and light waves are nearly or exactly thesame, that therefore the media through which… … 422 ELEMENTARY LESSONS ON [chap. xiii. This genial theory was destined to be proved correctby Professor Hertz, who in 1886 discovered acciden-tally, while experimenting with a Leyden jar and twocoils of wire, each of which had aspark gap, that a disruptive dischargefrom a Ruhmkorff coil through…
Electricity · Magnetism
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