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THE criticism of Mr. McConnel upon Maxwell's derivation of the inductive action of currents from the principle of energy is perfectly correct. It is inconsistent with the experimental facts appealed to by Mr. McConnel and Mr. Maxwell's own treatment of the field as the seat of electro-kinetic energy.
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WATSON, H. An Error in Maxwell's “Electricity and Magnetism”. Nature 35, 223 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035223b0
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