Re: INTRODUCING B

[frank cange <cangefrank@HOTMAIL.COM>]

ludwik:
   do you have any idea where the notion of calling the magnetic field,
B-field came from, or originates from?  i have always wondered why they
didn't call it the M field for the word magnetic.thanks!
frank cange


> From: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>
> Reply-To: "phys-l@lists.nau.edu: Forum for Physics Educators"
> <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
> To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
> Subject: INTRODUCING B
> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 11:12:04 -0500
>
> OOPS, the subject line has been corrected.
> *********************************
>
> A draft of a handout for students (introducing B in a slow
> way) has been posted at my website:
>
> http://blake.montclair.edu/~kowalskil/elec/magfield.html
>
> Critical comments and corrections will be appreciated.
> Paragraphs were numbered to facilitate discussion. Feel
> free to use my document in any way you may wish.
> Ludwik Kowalski


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