LENZ, E. (HEINRICH FRIEDRICH EMIL.). - THE LAW OF RESISTIVITY.

On the Laws of the Conducting Powers of Wires of different Lenghts and Diameters for Electricity.

(London, Richard Taylor, 1837). No wrappers. Extracted fron "Scientific Memoirs, selected from The Transactions of Foreign Academies of Science and Learned Societies. Edited by Richard Taylor.", Vol. I, pp. 311-324. Disbound.

First appearance in English of this importent paper in which Lenz established the law of electrical resistivity in wires, stating that "their conductibilities are in an inverse ratio to their lengths." The paper is a translation of "Ueber das Gesetz der Leitungsfähigket für Electricität bei Dräthen von verschiedenen Längen und Durchmessern.", published in St. Petersbourg in 1835.

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