Ampère was not the author of “Ampère's Circuital Law”

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 448-450

  Erlichson, Herman ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

01.65; 41

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007502584     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19285     Document Type: Letter

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