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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 





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the headings : current in solenoid, resistance in the box B ', and bal- 

 listic throws observed. In the case of the step-by-step method the 

 zero reading of the galvanometer was also necessary. 



We start from the fundamental equation of a current through whose 

 circuit the magnetic flux varies : 



