The Theory of Experimental Electricity

This book, first published in 1923 as the third edition of a 1905 original, provides an account of the principles of experimental electricity.

William Cecil Dampier-Whetham (Author)

9781107658455, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 May 2014

362 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg

Sir William Cecil Dampier-Whetham (1867–1952) was a British scientist and agriculturalist. He was knighted in 1931 for services to agriculture. In this book, which was first published in 1923 as the third edition of a 1905 original, Dampier-Whetham provides an account of the principles of experimental electricity based on the content of a series of lectures given to students at Trinity College, Cambridge. Illustrative figures are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in physics, experimental electricity, the history of education and the history of science.

1. General principles of electrostatics
2. Some theorems of electrostatics
3. The dielectric medium
4. Magnetism
5. The electric current
6. Thermo-electricity
7. Electromagnetic induction
8. Electrical units
9. Electromagnetic waves
10. Electrolysis
11. The conduction of electricity through gases
12. Radio-activity
Index.

Subject Areas: Physics [PH]