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MANY of your readers will be aware that Maxwell (ii. § 544) deduces the equations of induction of currents from the laws of electro-dynamics with the aid of the principle of energy, using a proof taken from Helmholtz. I find that this proof is erroneous; and, as a point of considerable physical interest is involved, I wish to call attention to the error in your columns.
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MCCONNEL, J. An Error in Maxwell's “Electricity and Magnetism”. Nature 35, 172 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/035172b0
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