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Biot-Savart law: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 2 - The Biot-Savart Law. Apr 05, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Saskatchewan Pressbooks - Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism, and Circuits - The Biot-Savart Law. Dec 28, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - From the Biot-Savart Law to Ampere's Magnetic Circuital Law via Synthetic Differential Geometry. Oct 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Illinois Institute of Technology - Experiment 9: Biot-Savart Law with Helmholtz Coil. Sep 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School - The Biot-Savart Law: From Infinitesimal to Infinite. Jun 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Biot Savart law (vector form). Feb 06, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - The Biot-Savart Law. Nov 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - The Biot-Savart Law. Sep 24, 2023
Article revised and updated. Jul 21, 2022
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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