CHAPTER VIII. VELOCITY OF PROPAGATION OP ELECTRIC FIELD. 387 67. Conditions, under which the velocity of propagation of the field is of industrial importance. 387 68. Equations of decrease of electric field with the dis- tance. 388 69. Effect of return conductor on distance decrement of field. 389 70. Inductance of length I of infinitely long conductor with- out return conductor. 390 71. Equations of magnetic flux, effective resistance of radia- tion, inductance and impedance. 391 72. Evaluation of functions sil al and col al. 394 73. Self-inductive impedance, and numerical example. 395 74. Discussion of effective resistance and radiated power, as function of frequency. 396 75. Mutual inductance of two distant conductors of finite length. 398 76. Example. 399 77. Capacity of a sphere in space. 400 78. Example. 401 79. Sphere at a distance from ground. 402