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Page 540
... force between two objects charged by friction . To this force he gave the name electric . He showed that friction- al electricity occurs in many common materials and he also noted what is still regarded as one of the primary ...
... force between two objects charged by friction . To this force he gave the name electric . He showed that friction- al electricity occurs in many common materials and he also noted what is still regarded as one of the primary ...
Page 544
... force . One of these quantities , charge , has magnitude but no direction associated with it ; the other two involve both magnitude and direction and are called vectors , being represented by boldface characters ( e.g. , E for electric ...
... force . One of these quantities , charge , has magnitude but no direction associated with it ; the other two involve both magnitude and direction and are called vectors , being represented by boldface characters ( e.g. , E for electric ...
Page 564
... force it exerts . If F is expressed in newtons ( one newton is the force required to give one kilogram an acceleration of one metre per second per 4π second ) and μo is given the value 4π X 10-7 , μο 107 the corresponding unit of ...
... force it exerts . If F is expressed in newtons ( one newton is the force required to give one kilogram an acceleration of one metre per second per 4π second ) and μo is given the value 4π X 10-7 , μο 107 the corresponding unit of ...
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