Abstract
It has become possible for man to ‘generate’ electricity, and conversely, to produce a force from an electrical current, by making use of the information contained in the following statement: ‘when electromagnetic fields, such as those emanating from the opposite poles of a bar magnet, are moved by means of a force (acting at any angle), across an electrical conductor, an electromotive force (emf) is set up across the ends of the conductor’. Joining these ends to form a continuous loop will allow an electrical current to flow.
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Hassan, G. (1996). Electrical Energy. In: Building Services. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11952-3_6
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