V 151 CONTACT OF ELASTIC SOLIDS differential equations given for E, n, 5, and the displacements For the pressure components we find vanish at infinity. (221 20 ap Xx X₁ = - 2K + да K(1+20) Oz j' X=-2K a²11 даду (021 - 2K- Y₁ = - 20 ӘР) X, Z₂ Y₂ = - + dy2 K(1+20) dz 21 ӘР) ӘР 2K +9 дідж Jx = 2K - = - = 2z dxdz (ӘП, 2(2 + 30) 0P) + 0-2 K(1+20) dz' ap ӘР =2z ləyəz + I dy дудъ The last two formulæ show that for the given system the stress-components perpendicular to the z-axis vanish through- out the plane z = 0. We determine the displacement and the normal pressure Z, at the plane z = 0, and find <=JP, Z₁ = -2 Ꮡ ӘР 2oz The density of the electricity producing the potential P is -(1/2)(P/2), hence we have the following theorem. The displacement in the surface, which corresponds to the normal pressure Z, is equal to 9/47 times the potential due to an electrical density numerically equal to the pressure Z, We now consider again both bodies: we imagine the electricity whose potential is P to be distributed over a finite portion only of the plane z = 0; we make II, and II, equal to the expressions derived from the given expression for II by giving to the symbols K and @ the index 1 and 2, and put $2 & = әп2 дх әп, дх 71= = әп, მყ " n2 ---- ап2 dy " 52 = әп, Əz +29,P, 2.9,P; a12 Əz -