electromotive force

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Applying Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule to this circuit, we let E denote the electromotive force supplied by the voltage generator.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The electromotive force becomes the right-hand side of Equation 4.24.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule states that the sum of the voltage drops across resistors, inductors, and capacitors is equal to the total electromotive force in a closed circuit.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

We thus use the name electromotive force, abbreviated emf.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Again, from Joule's experiments, H = Rc2, if R denote the resistance of the current, and so and 178 The quantity ½Ir2w is the electromotive force due to the disk.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew