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Weber electrodynamics is a theory of electromagnetism that preceded Maxwell electrodynamics and was replaced by it by the end of the 19th century.[1] Weber electrodynamics is mainly based on the contributions of André-Marie Ampère, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber. In this theory, Coulomb's law becomes velocity and acceleration dependent. Weber electrodynamics is only applicable for electrostatics, magnetostatics and for the quasistatic approximation. Weber electrodynamics is not suitable for describing electromagnetic waves and for calculating the forces between electrically charged particles that move very rapidly or that are accelerated more than insignificantly.
The outstanding feature of Weber electrodynamics is that it makes it possible to describe magnetic forces between direct currents, low-frequency alternating currents, and permanent magnets without a magnetic field.
- ^ Baumgartel, C; S Maher (2022). "Foundations of Electromagnetism: A Review of Wilhelm Weber's Electrodynamic Force Law". Foundations. 2 (4): 949–980. doi:10.3390/foundations2040065.