Elementary treatise on electricity and magnetism : founded on Joubert's "Traité élémentaire d'électricité" (1909)
Foster, G. Carey (George Carey), Porter, Alfred William, 1863-1939, Joubert, Jules François · London : Longmans · leaf 577
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Electricity · Magnetism
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