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410 subject index
E
Earth
Earth
age 337
average density 337
charge of 24
equatorial radius 336
flattening 337
gravitational length 336
mass 336
normal gravity 337
radius 337
structure, illustration 210
Earth core solidification 324
Earth rays 290
Earth rotation slowing 324
Earth’s mantle instability 323
effect
and cause 314
effect, sleeping beauty 115
EHF, extremely high
frequency 105
Einstein–de Haas effect 43
elasticity 222
electrets 17
electric charge 20
electric field 17, 24
electric field lines 18
electric fields
table of properties 27
table of values 26
electric motor
photographs of types 42
electric motors 42
electric polarizability 70
electric potential 81
electric signal speed 232
electrical resistance 68
electricity
definition 28
summary of 73
electrif field
communication in fish 33
electrification 216
electro-optic
deflector 166
electro-optical activity 219
electro-osmosis 219
electrochromicity 220
electrode 63
electrodynamics
changes to 89–90
failure of 230–231
summary 229–230
electroencephalogram
illustration 243
electrokinetic effect 219
electroluminescence 221
electrolyte 63
electrolytes 230
electrolytic activity 219
electromagnetic
weapons 150
electromagnetic effects 49
electromagnetic field 17, 83,
229
action of 49
angular momentum of 83
energy of 83
energy–momentum tensor
85
evolution of 74–92
invariants of 48
Lagrangian of 48
momentum of 83
motion of 74–92
tensor 48
electromagnetic field,
linearity 95
electromagnetic smog 224
electromagnetic spectrum
table of 104
electromagnetic unit system
25
electromagnetic wave 111
generation 112
electromagnetism 47
as proof of special
relativity 115
limits 71
summary of 73
electrometer
photographs of types 23
electrometers 22
electromotive field 77
electron
definition 31
g-factor 335
hopping over glass,
illustration 190
mass 333
speed 131
electron hopping 189
electron magnetic moment
335
electron optics 141
electron speed 232
electron volt
value 336
electronics
polymer 241
electronics and water flow 65
electrons 232
Electrophorus electricus 32
electroscope
capacitor 56
electrostatic machines 59
electrostatic unit system 25
electrostatics 27
electrostriction 219
electrowetting 219
element of set 23, 27, 44, 262
elephants 251
Eliza 251
elves 207
ELW, extremely long waves
104
emergence 299–300, 384
emergence of properties 299
emissivity 216, 223
definition 143
empirical 283
Encyclopédie 41
end of applied physics 323
end of fundamental physics
323
end of science 304
endoscope 194
illustration 195
endoscopes 165
energy 19
solar 146
energy conservation 178
energy flux 83, 147
energy velocity 131
energy–momentum tensor
of the electromagnetic
field 85
English language 258
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