The Mechanical Universe 29
The Electric Field


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Faraday's vision of lines of constant force in space laid the foundation for the modern force field theory.
Ch	Frame		Code	Title
1			A	Opening Sequence 
2	02415		G	Faraday's Life And Accomplishments
3	05590		H	Faraday In Lab
4	06408		P	Measurement Of Electric Force 
5	07146		H	Law Of Universal Gravitation 
6	12707		A	Flux And Inverse Square Law 
7	14342		H	Faraday's Mentor 
8	15697		H	Faraday's Early Accomplishments 
9	16742		H	Oersted's Influence On Faraday 
10	18252		E	First Electric Motor 
11	19242		A	Electric Field Examples 
12	22352		A	Definition Of The Electric Field 
13	23242		H	Faraday's Development 
14	24430		A	Lines Of Force 
15	27730		H	Faraday At The Royal Institution 
16	28355		H	Mathematics Of Gauss 
17	28819		A	Gauss's Law 
18	30534		H	Three Inverse Square Laws 
19	31329		H	Faraday In Study 
20	31868		A	Charge In A Conductor 
21	34506		E	Electroscope And Faraday Cage 
22	37012		E	Radio In A Faraday Cage 
23	38752		A	Electric Field Due To Spherical Charge 
24	40275		V	Earth From Space 
25	40604		H	Newton In Study 
26	41024		H	Faraday In Study 
27	42084		H	Introducing Maxwell 
28	42481		A	Review Of Lines Of Force 
29	44188		G	Lines Of Force As Mental Scaffolding
	48880			credits
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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007


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