The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made Apparatus

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Electric Fields; Lines of Force.--Exp. 75, To study electric induction.--Electric Polarization; Theory of Induction.--Exp. 76, To learn how to charge a body by induction.--Free and Bound Electrifications.--Exp. 77, To show that a neutral body is polarized before it is attracted by a charged one.--Polarization Precedes Attraction.--Exp. 78, To find whether electric induction will act through an insulator.--Dielectrics.--Exp. 79, To find whether a polarized conductor can act inductively upon another conductor.--Successive Induction.--Inductive Capacity.--Exp. 80, To study the action of the electrophorus.--Discussion.--Details of action.--Exp. 81, To see, hear, and feel the results of inductive influence and polarization.--Discussion.