Theory of Electricity and Magnetism

Abstract

A WORK on electricity and magnetism which, starting from the differential equations of the electromagnetic field, works backwards to the experimental phenomena, cannot well be used as a text-book by the beginner, but may be of great value to one who has already studied the facts and theories of the subject in their historical order. Of such a nature is Dr. Curry's treatise, the avowed object of which is, after forming certain conceptions and making various assumptions concerning the ether which practically constitute a formulation of Maxwell's theory, to derive therefrom, and explain thereby, all electric and magnetic phenomena. It is, in fact, a study in the interpretation of differential equations in terms of mechanical analogies or concrete representations, and is an interesting example of the manner in which the theory of electricity and magnetism is treated on the continent.

Theory of Electricity and Magnetism.

By Charles Emerson Curry With a preface by Prof. Boltzmann. Pp. xv + 442. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1897.)