278 Trans. Acad. Set. of St. Louis. 



If, however, OP has a position 00' when DP has a position 

 0'Y\ then the locus of the point of intersection P' is 

 expressed by the equation 



Trn (x — ajg) = V (tt — co) (!!)• 



Equations (10) and (11) may be simultaneously expressed 

 in the general form •• 



Voj + "rrnx = R^' (12), 



in which K^' is a constant. 



Equations (9) and (12) represent identical curves in the 

 same manner as do equations (1) and (4). 



Equations (2), (3), (5), (6) have the same forms as equa- 

 tions (7), (8), (10), (11) respectively and this shows: — 



I. That the curve representing a line of force proceeding 

 from a system consisting of an electrified plane and an electri- 

 fied line parallel to the plane, is the locus of the intersection 

 of two straight lines having motions in a plane which is per- 

 pendicular to the electrified line ; one line having a motion of 

 uniform rotation about the electrified line as an axis, and the 

 other a motion of uniform translation perpendicular to itself 

 and parallel to the electrified plane. 



II. That the constants <t, X, v and a = 7rn are related by 

 the equation 



^ = "^=1 (13). 



can 



III. That if the electrified line be considered as being above 

 the electrified plane 



1. The system having electric charges of unlike signs 



■1 . .1 . , . . ,v,, C right handed ) 



corresponds to the case m which OP has s i ^ j. u a ] < 



rotation and PD has a motion to the < ,°-, ^ • Fig. 1. 



