Table of Contents

*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. viii*PREFACE, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii*CHRONOLOGY, pg. xiv*CHAPTER ONE. Biographical Outline, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. The Electrical Background, pg. 65*CHAPTER THREE. Electricity in the Essay, pg. 107*CHAPTER FOUR. Magnetism, pg. 137*CHAPTER FIVE. A Place in History, pg. 189*DEDICATION, pg. 227*Preface, pg. 233*Introduction, pg. 237*CHAPTER I. General Principles of the Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, pg. 241*CHAPTER II. Concerning Electrical and Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion, pg. 304*CHAPTER III. Concerning the Communication of Electricity and Magnetism, pg. 350*CHAPTER IV. Concerning Certain Phenomena of Bodies Immersed in Electric and Magnetic Vortices, and Concerning the Magnetism of the Earth, pg. 392*APPENDIX: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AEPINUS'S PUBLISHED WRITINGS, pg. 479*BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY WORKS CITED, pg. 499*INDEX, pg. 505