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THIS little volume is re-written from the author's Polish treatise on electricity and magnetism (3 vols., Warsaw, 1908–13). It is a compact résumé of the main results of the electromagnetic theory of light in so far as it can be carried without reference to the electron theory. The main purpose seems to be to present the subject to the English reader in vectorial notation, following the symbolism of the author's “Vectorial Mechanics” (Macmillan, 1913). It would have added to the usefulness of a book designed for beginners in the subject if a short exposition of the meaning of the notation had been prefixed, an addition which would have helped to familiarise the rising generation with a very important calculus.
Elements of the Electromagnetic Theory of Light.
By Dr. Ludwik Sitberstein. Pp. vii + 48. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1918.) Price 3s. 6d. net.
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Elements of the Electromagnetic Theory of Light . Nature 102, 225 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/102225a0
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