| RefNo | AP/38/24 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On peristaltic induction of electric currents' by William Thomson |
| Date | 1856 |
| Description | Thomson explains that 'recent observations on the propagation of electricity through wires in subaqueous and subterranean telegraphic cables have brought to light phenomena of induced electric currents, which, while they are essentially different from the phenomena of what has hitherto been called electro-dynamic induction, are exactly such as might have been anticipated from the well-established theory of electrical equilibrium, had experiment afforded the data of relation between electrostatical and electro-dynamic units wanted for determining what dimensions of wire would be required to render these phenomena sensible to ordinary observation'. He provides a series of calculations for the peristaltic induction of electric currents.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Physics / Electricity / Calculus
This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On peristaltic induction of electric currents'. |
| Extent | 16p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0038 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |