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kind and form is subjected may be stated. The form and treatment of the differential equations thus obtained are so similar to those given for the propagation of heat by Fourier and Poisson, that even if there existed no other reasons, we might with perfect justice draw the conclusion that there exists an intimate connection between these natural phenomena; and this similarity increases as we continue to pursue the subject.

["Ohm, misled by the analogy between electricity and heat, entertained an opinion that a body when raised to a high potential becomes electrified throughout its substance, as if electricity were compressed into it, and was thus by means of an erroneous opinion led to employ the equations of Fourier to express the true laws of conduction of electricity through a long wire, long before the real reason of the appropriateness of these equations had been suspected."—Electricity and Magnetism.

MAXWELL. 1881. Vol. i. p. 422.]