INDEX 



Aberration and moving media 

 886 



Absolute determination of re- 

 sistances 670 



- electrometers 721 

 Absorption of light, influence 



of magnetism 891 

 Action of currents on magnets 

 829 



- at a distance, magnetic 598 

 -, electrochemical 792 



- of light on selenium 925 



magnets on currents 830 



-, photoelectric 925 



Air, rarefied, discharge in 915 

 Alarms 711 



Alloys, specific resistance 671 

 Alternating current arc 912 



curves 694 



electrolysis 784 



motors 771 



transformers 752 



- currents, measurement 694 

 , - of energy 695 



, repulsion of metal ring 



by 839 



- -, transformation into con- 



tinuous 760 



in wires 847 



Alternators 758 



-, coupling 758 



-, forms 759 



Aluminium, specific resistance 



674 

 Ammeters 725 



- and voltmeters 725 

 Ampere's apparatus 826 



- experiments 827 



- formula 827 



- law 827 



- theory 627, 827 

 Analogies, electrodynamic 820 

 -, hydrodynamic 820 

 Anode rays 921 

 Apparatus for measuring re- 

 sistance 663 



variable currents 738 



Applications of electricity 712 



- - telephone 866 

 Arago's rotations 839 



Arc, electric, resistance 686 

 -, electromotive force 913 



- lamps 776 



, carbons for 778 



-, voltaic 912 

 Armature reaction 763 



Armatures, dynamo 763 

 Artificial magnets 593 

 Asynchronous motors 771 

 Atmospheric electricity 587 

 , measurement 590 



- -, theory 591 

 Attraction, electric 565 

 Attractive power of electro- 

 magnets 746 



Balance, electric 725 



Ballistic galvanometers 729 



Battery cells, coupling 659 



Becquerel rays 921 



Bichromate cells 635 



Bismuth, resistance, effect of 

 magnetism 678 



-, specific resistance 674 



Blasting 712 



Bound and free electricity 575 



British Association unit, abso- 

 lute determination 670 



Brush discharge 901 



Bunsen cells 641 



Cables, determination of in- 

 sulation resistance 708 



- location of faults 709 



- measurement of capacity 



707 

 resistance 665 



submarine 852 



- telegraph 852 

 Calibration of bridges 665 

 Calling-up apparatus for tele- 

 phones 866 



Calorific phenomena in electro- 

 lysis 785 

 Capacity of condensers 570 



, measurement 707 

 -, effects on electric flow 842 

 -, measurement 707 

 -, -, methods 708 



and self-induction, effects 



on electric flow 842 

 Capillary electrometer 721 , 803 

 Carbon, specific resistance 672 

 Carbon-consuming cells 635 

 Carbons for arc lamps 778 

 Cathode rays 922 



- and Rontgen rays 924 

 Cells, concentration- 816 



-, measurement of electro- 

 motive force 690 



-, internal resistance 666 



-, photoelectric 925 



Charge carried by ion 685 

 Chemical action, ionisation by 

 895 



- theory of primary cells 652 

 Circuit, magnetic 604 

 Circuits, electric flow in 842 

 Clark's cell, electromotive force 



691 



Clausius's law 827 

 Coefficients of induction 840 



, measurement 840 



mutual induction 840 



- - self-induction 840 

 Coherers 757 

 Commutators 739 

 Concentration cells 816 

 Condensers 569 



-, capacity 570 



-, -, measurement 707 



-, electric flow 843 



-, residual charge 573 



Conduction, electrolytic 805 



-, electronic theory 682 



- in gases 685 



sheets 682 



solids 683 



Conductivity of the earth 854 



- electrolytic 805 



-, effect of temperature 808 

 -, measurement 809 

 -, of solutions 806 

 -, - various substances 



805 

 -, -, and viscosity, relations 



808 

 -, -, of water 807 



- of flame 896 



mixed electrolytes 796 



vacua 918 



Constant cells 636 

 Constants, dielectric 581 

 Contact electricity 560 

 , theory 561 



- electromotive force 793 



- theory of primary cells 



653 

 Continuous current motors 773 



- currents, measurement 693 

 Convection, electric 832 

 Convective loss 899 

 Converters 759 



Copper oxide cells 637 

 -, specific resistance 674 

 Corrosion, electrolytic 785 

 Coupling of alternators 758 



- of battery cells 659 



