“Action at a Distance versus Intermediate Agency. Contrast of New with Old Views about Electricity” – A commented Portuguese translation of a paper by Oliver Heaviside on action at a distance

A commented Portuguese translation of a text by Oliver Heaviside originally published in the book Electromagnetic Theory in 1893 is offered. In this work, Heaviside shows his arguments in favor of luminiferous ether.

Keywords
Oliver Heaviside; action at a distance; James Clerk Maxwell; electromagnetic waves; Electromagnetic Theory