Excerpt from The Electric Circuit When the resistance of one of the conductors in parallel is equal to zero, the corresponding term in eq. (5) becomes infinitely large. The equivalent resistance of the whole combination is in this case equal to zero. This is natural to expect because the conductor of zero resistance short-circuits the other resistances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.