Electrical Papers

The publication of Electrical Papers in 1892 established Heaviside (1850–1925) as an authority on electromagnetic theory, telegraphy and telephony.

Oliver Heaviside (Author)

9781108028578, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 June 2011

610 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.4 cm, 0.77 kg

A self-taught authority on electromagnetic theory, telegraphy and telephony, Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925) dedicated his adult life to the improvement of electrical technologies. Inspired by James Clerk Maxwell's field theory, he spent the 1880s presenting his ideas as a regular contributor to the weekly journal, The Electrician. The publication of Electrical Papers, a year after his election to the Royal Society in 1891, established his fame beyond the scientific community. An eccentric figure with an impish sense of humour, Heaviside's accessible style enabled him to educate an entire generation in the importance and application of electricity. In so doing he helped to establish that very British phenomenon, the garden-shed inventor. Combining articles on the electromagnetic wave surface and electromagnetic induction with notes on nomenclature and the self-induction of wires, Volume 2 serves as an excellent source for both electrical engineers and historians of science.

31. On the electromagnetic wave-surface
32. Notes on nomenclature
33. Notes on the self-induction of wires
34. On the use of the bridge as an induction balance
35. Electromagnetic induction and its propagation (part 2)
36. Some notes on the theory of the telephone, and on hysteresis
37. Electrostatic capacity of overground wires
38. On the self-induction of wires W. H. Preece
39. Notes on nomenclature
40. On the self-induction of wires
41. On telegraph and telephone circuits
42. On resistance and conductance operators, and their derivatives, inductance and permittance, especially in connection with electric and magnetic energy
43. On electromagnetic waves, especially in relation to the vorticity of the impressed forces
and the forced vibrations of electromagnetic systems
44. The general solution of Maxwell's electromagnetic equations in a homogeneous isotropic medium, especially in regard to the derivation of special solutions, and the formulae for plane waves
45. Lightning discharges, etc.
46. Practice versus theory. Electromagnetic waves
47. Electromagnetic waves, the propagation of potential, and the electromagnetic effects of a moving charge
48. The mutual action of a pair of rational current-elements
49. The inductance of unclosed conductive circuits
50. On the electromagnetic effects due to the motion of electrification through a dielectric
51. Deflection of an electromagnetic wave by motion of the medium
52. On the forces, stresses, and fluxes of energy in the electromagnetic field
53. The position of 4? in electromagnetic units
Index.

Subject Areas: History of engineering & technology [TBX]