Elementary lessons in electricity & magnetism (1895)
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916 · New York and London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 31
ween twooppositely electrified bodies varies also inversely as thesquare of the distance between them. And in everycase, whether of attraction or repulsion, the force at anygiven distance is proportional to the product of the twoquantities of electricity on the bodies. Thus, if wehad separately… … chap, i ELECTRIC FIELD 23 law of inverse squares is only true when applied to thecase of bodies so small, as compared with the distancebetween them, that they are mere points. For flat, large,or elongated bodies the law of inverse squares does nothold good. The attraction between two large flat…
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