The adoption of self-induction by telephony, 1886–1889

摘要: Summary Through 1886 to 1889 understanding of the mechanism telephone transmission was transformed from an electrostatic and traditional view electrodynamic one conforming with Maxwell's scheme. Observed at level commercial application this painful adjustment occurred via a sequence controversies connected self-induction—on techniques telephony, on electrical measurement, lightning conductors matters professional ethics—in which parts played by evidence, theory, authority were strangely mixed. The well-known confrontation O. Heaviside W. H. Preece centre debate. An open division between traditionalists progressives amongst engineers provoked, effectiveness mathematical theory as against pure pragmatism practical had in end be conceded.