List of Figures |
List of Tables |
Preface |
Introduction: Heinrich Hertz, Maker of Effects / 1: |
In Helmholtz's Laboratory / Pt. 1: |
Forms of Electrodynamics / 2: |
Realizing Potentials in the Laboratory / 3: |
Information Direct from Nature / Pt. 2: |
A Budding Career / 4: |
Devices for Induction / 5: |
Hertz's Early Exploration of Helmholtz's Concepts / 6: |
Berlin's Golden Boy / Pt. 3: |
Rotating Spheres / 7: |
Elastic Interactions / 8: |
Specific Powers in the Laboratory / 9: |
The Cathode Ray as a Vehicle for Success / 10: |
Studying Books / Pt. 4: |
Frustration / 11: |
Hertz's Argument / 12: |
Assumption X / 13: |
Electric Waves / Pt. 5: |
A Novel Device / 14: |
How the Resonator Became an Electric Probe / 15: |
Electric Propagation Produced / 16: |
Electric Waves Manipulated / 17: |
Conclusion: Restraint and Reconstruction / 18: |
Waveguides and Radiators in Maxwellian Electrodynamics / App. 1: |
Helmholtz's Derivation of the Forces from a Potential / App. 2: |
Helmholtz's Energy Argument / App. 3: |
Polarization Currents and Experiment / App. 4: |
Convection in Helmholtz's Electrodynamics / App. 5: |
Instability in the Fechner-Weber Theory / App. 6: |
Hertz's First Use of the General Helmholtz Equations / App. 7: |
Hertz on the Induction of Polarization by Motion / App. 8: |
Hertz on Relatively Moving, Charged Conductors / App. 9: |
Elastic Bodies Pressed Together / App. 10: |
Evaporation's Theoretical Limits / App. 11: |
Hertz's Model for Geissler-Tube Discharge / App. 12: |
Propagation in Helmholtz's Electrodynamics / App. 13: |
Forces in Hertz's Early Experiments / App. 14: |
Hertz's Quasi Field Theory for Narrow Cylindrical Wires / App. 15: |
Considerations regarding the Possible Background to Helmholtz's New Physics / App. 16: |
Poincare and Bertrand / App. 17: |
Difficulties with Charge and Polarization / App. 18: |
Notes |
Bibliography |
Index |
List of Figures |
List of Tables |
Preface |
Introduction: Heinrich Hertz, Maker of Effects / 1: |
In Helmholtz's Laboratory / Pt. 1: |
Forms of Electrodynamics / 2: |