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[โ€“] davidgro@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like Faraday understood the... potential.

Funnily enough, Faraday seemingly also understood that the Electric Field only possesses a potential in the absence of changing magnetic fields. Because only in the absence of changing magnetic fields, the rotation of the Electric Field is zero, and only then it has a potential.