Book:C.A. Coulson/Electricity/Fifth Edition

Subject Matter

 * Electromagnetism

Contents

 * Preface
 * Preface to Second and Later Editions


 * $\text{I}$ PRELIMINARY SURVEY
 * 1. Electrostatics
 * 2. Electric currents
 * 3. Magnetism
 * 4. Electrodynamics


 * $\text{II}$ ELECTROSTATICS
 * 5. Law of Force
 * 6. Potential and field for a single charge
 * 7. Field due to several charges
 * 8. Equipotentials and Lines of Force
 * 9. Flux
 * 10. Gauss' Law
 * 11. Deductions from Gauss' Law
 * 12. Examples


 * $\text{III}$ CONDUCTORS, DIPOLES AND CONDENSERS
 * 13. Conductors
 * 14. Mechanical force on a charged conducting surface
 * 15. Attracted disc electrometer
 * 16. Energy of the electrostatic field
 * 17. Introducing a new conductor lessens the energy
 * 18. Dipoles
 * 19. Forces on dipoles
 * 20. The Electric Double Layer
 * 21. Condensers
 * 22. Mechanical forces on a conductor
 * 23. Examples


 * $\text{IV}$ DIELECTRICS
 * 24. Dielectric constant
 * 25. Polarisation
 * 26. Electric displacement
 * 27. Parallel plate condenser
 * 28. Energy of the field
 * 29. Minimum energy
 * 30. Stresses in the medium
 * 31. Cavities in a solid dielectric
 * 32. Examples


 * $\text{V}$ STEADY CURRENTS
 * 33. The current vector
 * 34. Conductivity
 * 35. Differential equations of the field and flow
 * 36. Resistance
 * 37. Heat loss
 * 38. Comparison with electrostatics
 * 39. A worked example
 * 40. Networks
 * 41. The Wheatstone Bridge
 * 42. Heat generated in a network
 * 43. Examples


 * $\text{VI}$ MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF CURRENTS
 * 44. Magnetic effects of a small coil
 * 45. Electromagnetic units
 * 46. Magnetostatic field
 * 47. Magnetic poles
 * 48. Large coils
 * 49. Solenoids and circular coils
 * 50. Flux theorem for $\mathbf H$
 * 51. Field of a straight wire
 * 52. Volume currents and the Vector Potential
 * 53. Coefficient of mutual induction
 * 54. Coefficient of self-induction
 * 55. Examples


 * $\text{VII}$ STEADY CURRENTS IN MAGNETIC MATERIAL
 * 56. Magnetic media
 * 57. Magnetic induction
 * 58. Equations of the magnetic field
 * 59. Cavities
 * 60. Potential energy of a small coil
 * 61. Force on current in a magnetic field
 * 62. Force on a moving charge
 * 63. Faraday's disc
 * 64. Magnetic energy
 * 65. Examples


 * $\text{VIII}$ PERMANENT MAGNETISM
 * 66. Small magnets
 * 67. A worked example
 * 68. Large magnets
 * 69. A uniform bar magnet
 * 70. Energy
 * 71. Terrestrial magnetism
 * 72. Examples


 * $\text{IX}$ POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
 * 73. Mathematical equivalence of all potential problems
 * 74. Methods available
 * 75. Spherical conductor in a uniform field
 * 76. Dielectric sphere in a uniform field
 * 77. Small magnet in a spherical hole
 * 78. Point charge outside a dielectric sphere
 * 79. A two-dimensional problem in magnetism
 * 80. Another two-dimensional problem
 * 81. Problems with axial symmetry -- a useful device
 * 82. Examples


 * $\text{X}$ SPECIAL METHODS
 * 83. Uniqueness
 * 84. An application of uniqueness
 * 85. Images in a plane
 * 86. Images with spheres and cylinders
 * 87. Two-dimensional problems, conjugate functions
 * 88. Conformal representation
 * 89. Two worked examples
 * 90. Examples


 * $\text{XI}$ INDUCTION
 * 91. Electromagnetic induction
 * 92. Proof of induction law for a stationary circuit
 * 93. Proof of induction law for a moving circuit
 * 94. A simple dynamo
 * 95. Induction in a simple circuit
 * 96. Two circuits -- the transformer
 * 97. Generalised law of induction
 * 98. Examples


 * $\text{XII}$ ALTERNATING-CURRENT THEORY
 * 99. Introduction
 * 100. Impedance and reactance
 * 101. Mathematical justification
 * 102. Bridge circuits
 * 103. Acceptor and rejector circuits
 * 104. Power factor
 * 105. Examples


 * $\text{XIII}$ MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS
 * 106. Displacement current
 * 107. Maxwell's equations
 * 108. Decay of free charge
 * 109. Electric waves
 * 110. Conducting media
 * 111. Poynting vector
 * 112. The potentials
 * 113. Retarded potentials
 * 114. Potential of a moving electron
 * 115. Recent developments
 * 116. Examples


 * $\text{XIV}$ UNITS AND DIMENSIONS
 * 117. Dimensions
 * 118. Ratio of e.m.u to e.s.u.
 * 119. Gaussian units
 * 120. Rationalised unis
 * 121. Practical units -- c.g.s. systen
 * 122. m.k.s. units
 * Note on similarities between $\mathbf E$, $\mathbf D$, $\mathbf B$ and $\mathbf H$
 * Index



Historical Note on Electron

 * Chapter $\text {I}$: Preliminary Survey: $\S 1$. Electrostatics

Positron

 * Chapter $\text {I}$: Preliminary Survey: $\S 1$. Electrostatics

Source work progress
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