direction of the induced current is to be separated, the term _erroneous_
ought no longer to be attached to them.

April 29, 1833.
M.F.]




FOURTH SERIES.


§ 9. _On a new Law of Electric Conduction._ § 10. _On Conducting Power
generally._

Received April 24,--Read May 23, 1833.


§ 9. _On a new Law of Electric Conduction._[A]

[A] In reference to this law see further considerations at 910. 1358.
1705.--_Dec. 1838._


380. It was during the progress of investigations relating to
electro-chemical decomposition, which I still have to submit to the Royal
Society, that I encountered effects due to a very _general law_ of electric
conduction not hitherto recognised; and though they prevented me from
obtaining the condition I sought for, they afforded abundant compensation
for the momentary disappointment, by the new and important interest which