The elements of dynamic electricity and magnetism (1903)
Atkinson, Philip. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 77
he lines of forceonly in the plane of the sheet of paper, which may beplaced at any angle at which they can be sustained inposition ; while close to the poles they stand on endnearly at right angles to the paper. Hence it becomesevident that the lines of force inclose the magnet in theform of a… … Fig. 26. so that they indicate the actual position of the lines offorce very roughly. Those lines must be understood tofill the entire space inclosed by the spheroid, constitut-ing what is known as the magnetic field; a more accurateconception of which would be such a figure as might besupposed to…
Electricity · Magnetism
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