Project Gutenberg 2010-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 293 Various Verschillende Various, Various Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Conduction, Electric" Volume 6, Slice 8 Produced by Marius Masi, Don Kretz, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Conduction, Electric" from the "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition" is a scientific publication likely written in the late 19th century. This article dives into the properties and classifications of electric conductivity and resistivity in various materials, structured around the fundamental principles of electricity. The topic revolves around how substances behave in the presence of an electric field, providing a comprehensive overview of the types of conductors and their applications. The opening portion details the foundational concepts of electric conductivity, defining it as the ability of a substance to reach the same electric potential across its entirety in the absence of an electric force. It categorizes materials into five arbitrary classes based on their conductivity: metallic conductors, non-metallic conductors, dielectric conductors, electrolytic conductors, and gaseous conductors. The text further elaborates on specific examples, such as the varying conductivity of different forms of carbon, and sets the stage for more detailed discussions on the measurable properties of metals, liquids, and gases, which will be explored in subsequent sections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Encyclopedias and dictionaries AE Text Category: Science - Physics 446492 2025-08-13T07:25:30.529232 text/html 446478 2021-01-06T12:37:12 text/html 583757 2025-08-13T07:25:42.080196 application/epub+zip 588929 2025-08-13T07:25:35.010150 application/epub+zip 189166 2025-08-13T07:25:33.305164 application/epub+zip 871116 2025-08-13T07:25:46.448092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 857824 2025-08-13T07:25:40.695127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451166 2022-09-14T16:14:15.491593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367687 2025-08-13T07:25:29.165217 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367144 2021-01-06T12:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367819 2021-01-06T12:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19411 2025-08-13T07:25:46.668110 application/rdf+xml 22320 2025-08-13T07:25:33.841193 image/jpeg 4393 2025-08-13T07:25:33.573146 image/jpeg 113092 2021-01-06T12:37:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 483786 2021-01-06T12:37:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 113103 2021-01-06T12:37:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 566675 2025-08-13T07:25:30.608191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog