Excerpt from The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, Vol. 24: Oct. 3-April 2, 1836 There is an electrical law called the law of induction, which must be clearly understood before we attempt to explain the ebbing and flowing of the tides. In a metal ball positively charged the elec tric fluid is found to be uniformly distri buted over the surface; also, in a second ball, containing its natural quantity, the fluid is found to be evenly distributed. But if the first ball be presented to the second, without touching it, the fluid is repelled to that side of the second ball farthest removed from the first; if the second ball be composed of two parts. And the remote part be removed, it will be found that nearly the whole of the fluid is contained in that part, and that the part which remains is nearly empty, or in a negative state, and, consequently, the first ball will attract the negative pan and repel that which is positive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.