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V. THE Science of Electricity may be regarded in several different aspects. Firstly, there is the study of the simple phenomena such as schoolboys delight to see: the attractions and repulsions of rubbed bodies, the sparks, the shocks, the heating of wires, and rotation of diminutive electric engines. Secondly, there is the exact measurement of electrical quantities, and the verifying of the great laws of the science, involving exact manipulation and standard instruments. Thirdly, there is the technical study of the applications of the science, the details of telegraphic apparatus, the necessities of construction and maintenance, the management of electric lights, and other branches of electrical engineering. Lastly, comes the high mathematical theory cultivated only by the few.
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Physics Without Apparatus 1 . Nature 22, 462–464 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022462b0
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