A text book of physics, for the use of students of science and engineering (1918)
Duncan, John, d. 1941, Starling, Sydney George, 1873- · London Macmillan · leaf 951
he field, it will, if freeto move, travel along somepath in the field. The linealong which a free positivecharge would move is called anelectric line of force. Thewhole electric field in theneighbourhood of electriccharges may be considered t<> be mapped oul by lines of force, exactly as in… … FIG. s.v.i. |,i,,es of torn-; two unlike charges. LXXI EXERCISES 927 negative charge, for a free positive charge would be repelled bythe positively charged sphere and attracted by the other. Whenthe spheres are both charged positively the lines of force are asshown in Fig. 860. The lines then all…
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