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THE author justifies the appearance of this new text-book in a preface, where it is stated that the traditional division of the subject into magnetism and voltaic and static electricity has not been adhered to, and that an effort has been made to present the facts as one homogeneous and interrelated set of phenomena rather than as three vaguely connected subjects. Emphasis is laid on mechanics and units since experience has shown that “only those who realise that mechanics can be applied to electrical and magnetic phenomena ever acquire a thorough grasp of the subject”. The object has been “to provide a solid groundwork for those who, at a later stage, intend taking an advanced course”.
School Certificate Magnetism and Electricity.
By Dr. Harold Toms. (Pitman's School Certificate Series.) Pp. viii + 440. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1930.) 5s.
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BLIGH, N. School Certificate Magnetism and Electricity . Nature 128, 431 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128431a0
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