HARPER'S SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS

EDITED BY

J. S. AMES, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

VII.

THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS

OF

ELECTROLYTIC CONDUCTION

HARPER'S SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS.

EDITED BY

J. S. AMES, PH.D.,

PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

NOW READY:

THE FREE EXPANSION OF GASES. Memoirs
by Gay-Lussac, Joule, and Joule and Thomson.
Editor, Prof. J. S. AMES, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
University. 75 cents.

PRISMATIC AND DIFFRACTION SPECTRA.
Memoirs by Joseph von Fraunhofer. Editor, Prof.
J. S. AMES, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University.
60 cents.
RÖNTGEN RAYS. Memoirs by Röntgen, Stokes,
and J. J. Thomson. Editor, Prof. GEORGE F.
BARKER, University of Pennsylvania. 60 cents.
THE MODERN THEORY OF SOLUTION. Me-
moirs by Pfeffer, Van't Hoff, Arrhenius, and Raoult.
Editor, Dr. H. C. JONES, Jolins Hopkins University.
$1.00.

THE LAWS OF GASES. Memoirs by Boyle and
Amagat. Editor, Prof. CARL BARUS, Brown University.

75 cents.

THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS.
Memoirs by Carnot, Clausius, and Thomson. Editor,
Prof. W. F. MAGIE, Princeton University.
THE FUNDAMENTAL

LAWS OF ELECTRO-
LYTIC CONDUCTION. Memoir by Faraday,
Hittorf, and Kohlransch. Editor, Dr. H. M. GOOD-
WIN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

IN PREPARATION:

THE EFFECTS OF A MAGNETIC FIELD ON
RADIATION. Memoirs by Faraday, Kerr, and
Zeeman. Editor, Dr. E. P. LEWIS, University of
California.

THE WAVE-THEORY OF LIGHT. Memoirs by
Huygens, Young, and Fresnel. Editor, Prof. HENRY
CREW, Northwestern University.

THE LAWS OF GRAVITATION. Editor, Prof.
A. S. MACKENZIE, Bryn Mawr College.

NEW YORK AND LONDON:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

Copyright, 1899, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

Relation by Measure of Common and Voltaic Electricity. By Michael

Faraday

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On Electrochemical Decomposition. By Michael Faraday.

Biographical Sketch of Faraday

On the Migration of Ions during Electrolysis. By W. Hittorf.

Biographical Sketch of Hittorf.....

On the Conductivity of Electrolytes Dissolved in Water in Relation to

the Migration of their Components. By F. Kohlrausch.....

Biographical Sketch of Kohlrausch....

Bibliography..

Index....

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