Abstract
IN the treatise on electricity referred to below the author aims at the production of “an advanced text covering both the theoretical and practical sides of the subject, so far as this can conveniently be done in a single volume.” A somewhat obscure statement in the preface informs us that “though complete in itself, the book is not intended for beginners, who may be supposed to have read one of the excellent elementary treatises available, such as Whetham's ‘Theory of Experimental Electricity.’” As a matter of fact, the first half of the book contains a curious combination of advanced mathematics and; elementary physics. In the present state of our public-school education, in which it is possible for a boy to complete his school course with practically no knowledge of elementary science, such a combination may be necessary. This part of the treatise might” therefore be recommended to a mathematical honours student taking up for the first time the study of electricity.
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A Treatise on Electricity. By F. B. Pidduck . Pp. xiv + 646. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1916.) Price 14s. net
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A., H. A Treatise on Electricity 1 . Nature 98, 6–7 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098006a0
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