Physics Letters A

Volume 146, Issues 1–2, 7 May 1990, Pages 6–14

Observation of ampere forces in mercury

Abstract

An experiment proposed by Wesley involving passing current through a mercury cell of varying cross section has been performed and appears to confirm the existence of Ampère tension (Ampère longitudinal forces).

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