Magnetic Field Around a Current Carrying Wire
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Description: "If the conducting wire is bent into the form shown, the lines of force will pas around the wire from one face of the loop to the other, and in the direction indicated by the 'rule of thumb' just given." -Avery 1895
Source: Elroy M. Avery School Physics (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1895) 467
Keywords: right, hand, rule, thumb, conducting, force, current, carrying, wire, magnetic, field
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