In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:54:07 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Yup, but that is not what bothers me. I have been unable to >consistently apply the concept of an _electric field_ around >a circuit with a steady current without it ending in a >contradiction. > >harry That's because it's not really a complete circle. It's just a "bent" path between two points, or more accurately two paths, one internal and one external, but there are still two points, a positive connection point and a negative connection point.
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