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(1) Introductory Electricity and Magnetism (2) Mathematical Physics (3) La Matière: Sa Vie et ses Transformations (4) Dispersion und Absorption des Lichtes in ruhenden isotropen Körpern (5) Cours de Physique Générale

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(1) THIS book is intended for beginners, but covers the syllabus of the lower certificate examination of the Board of Education. The order of treatment adopted is:—magnetism, electrostatics, current electricity. Each branch is introduced by a simple qualitative account before the more advanced quantitative aspects are considered.

(1) Introductory Electricity and Magnetism.

By Carl W. Hansel. Pp. xv + 373. (London: W. Heinemann, 1913.) Price 2s. 6d. net.

(2) Mathematical Physics.

Vol. i. Electricity and Magnetism. By C. W. C. Barlow. Pp. vii + 312. (London: W. B. Clive, 1913.) Price 4s. 6d.

(3) La MatiÃre: Sa Vie et ses Transformations.

By Prof. Louis Houllevigue. Préface de Ed. Bouty. Pp. xxxii + 318. (Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1913.) Price 3.50 francs.

(4) Dispersion und Absorption des Lichtes in ruhenden isotropen Körpern.

Theorie und ihre Folgerungen. By Dr. D. A. Goldhammer. Pp. vi + 144.(Leipzig and Berlin: B. G. Teubner, 1913.) Price 3.60 marks.

(5) Cours de Physique Générale.

Leçons professées á la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Lille. By H. Ollivier. Tome Second. Thermodynamique et Etude de l'Energie Rayonnante. Pp. 295. (Paris: A. Hermann et Fils, 1913.) Price 10 francs.

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(1) Introductory Electricity and Magnetism (2) Mathematical Physics (3) La Matière: Sa Vie et ses Transformations (4) Dispersion und Absorption des Lichtes in ruhenden isotropen Körpern (5) Cours de Physique Générale. Nature 91, 631–632 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091631a0

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