Project Gutenberg 2011-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 927 Various Verschillende Various, Various Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Electrostatics" to "Engis" Volume 9, Slice 3 Produced by Marius Masi, Don Kretz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, 'Electrostatics' to 'Engis'" by Various is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work serves as an extensive reference that covers a variety of topics related to electrostatics, electricity, and related advancements in science, providing detailed explanations and experiments to illustrate the principles of electrostatics. The opening of the work presents a comprehensive introduction to electrostatics, outlining its fundamental principles and the phenomenon of electricity at rest. It details simple experiments to illustrate key concepts, such as electrification, electric force, and the interaction of charged bodies. Through careful experimentation using basic apparatus, the text elucidates how bodies can become charged and the resulting effects, including the production of electric fields and potential differences. This section serves as a foundational understanding of electrical science, paving the way for deeper exploration of electricity and its applications. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Encyclopedias and dictionaries AE Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Category: Science - Physics Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 1695251 2025-06-14T10:44:00.060079 text/html 1707128 2021-01-07T11:42:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4352814 2021-01-07T11:42:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4501358 2025-06-14T10:44:25.636411 application/epub+zip 4530494 2025-06-14T10:44:06.940029 application/epub+zip 713558 2025-06-14T10:44:04.243060 application/epub+zip 5107523 2025-06-14T10:44:38.672374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5031693 2025-06-14T10:44:23.434428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1030748 2022-09-16T07:20:13.551082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1545004 2025-06-14T10:43:56.962086 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1543799 2021-01-07T11:42:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 585190 2021-01-07T11:42:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1544541 2021-01-07T11:42:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 584295 2021-01-07T11:42:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19459 2025-06-14T10:44:38.850369 application/rdf+xml 24709 2025-06-14T10:44:04.913050 image/jpeg 4704 2025-06-14T10:44:04.586034 image/jpeg 4438625 2025-06-14T10:44:00.427053 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