Lecture 2: The Electric Field
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Lecture 2: The Electric Field
Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges, Waves and Impulses, and Other Transients - lines 883-1530
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field language, magnetism, dielectricity and capacity, waves and transmission lines, lightning surges, impulse currents, lightning and surges
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Read this as an early engineering treatment of non-steady electrical behavior: sudden charge, discharge, wave travel, damping, and surge stress.
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