
Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity / Second Edition
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1900]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- Things A Boy Should Know About Electricity
- THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- TO THE READER
- Things A Boy Should Know About Electricity
- CHAPTER I. ABOUT FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY.
- CHAPTER II. ABOUT MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM.
- CHAPTER III. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY THE VOLTAIC CELL.
- CHAPTER IV. VARIOUS VOLTAIC CELLS.
- CHAPTER V. ABOUT PUSH-BUTTONS, SWITCHES AND BINDING-POSTS.
- CHAPTER VI. UNITS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS.
- CHAPTER VII. CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.
- CHAPTER VIII. HOW ELECTROPLATING AND ELECTROTYPING ARE DONE.
- CHAPTER IX. THE STORAGE BATTERY, AND HOW IT WORKS.
- CHAPTER X. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY HEAT.
- CHAPTER XI. MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.
- CHAPTER XII. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY INDUCTION.
- CHAPTER XIII. HOW THE INDUCTION COIL WORKS.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND HOW IT SENDS MESSAGES.
- CHAPTER XV. THE ELECTRIC BELL AND SOME OF ITS USES.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW IT TRANSMITS SPEECH.
- CHAPTER XVII. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY DYNAMOS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED.
- CHAPTER XIX. HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR USE.
- CHAPTER XX. HOW HEAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.
- CHAPTER XXI. HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE INCANDESCENT LAMP.
- CHAPTER XXII. HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE ARC LAMP.
- CHAPTER XXIII. X-RAYS, AND HOW THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND HOW IT DOES WORK.
- CHAPTER XXV. ELECTRIC CARS, BOATS, AND AUTOMOBILES.
- CHAPTER XXVI. A WORD ABOUT CENTRAL STATIONS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. MISCELLANEOUS USES OF ELECTRICITY.
- INDEX.
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