It is shown how the Biot-Savart law arises as a consequence of the Maxwell law D′ ⇀̲ ∇ × H, where time-varying electric fields are produced through charge motion. These ideas provide the continuous source of H away from moving charges, which the term J in Maxwell's 4th equation cannot provide.
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