Romance of Modern Electricity

by Charles R. Gibson

33 chapters9h 11mEnglish1910

About this book

From the series, The Library of Romance, this book introduces the reader to the modern concepts of electricity. The author discusses how man came to know about electricity, and how it powers the world of 1910.

Chapters (33)

1The Part Electricity Played

658

2How We Came to Know About Electricity

556

3How Batteries Were Invented

1184

4What is Magnetism?

917

5How Magnetism is Related to Electricity

522

6How We Came to Have the Telegraph

902

7How We Now Send Telegrams

1371

8Telegraphing Across the Sea

1128

9Some Early Attempts at Telegraphy

656

10Telegraphing Through Space

1271

11Electricity in Nature

938

12Interesting Applications of Electricity

1093

13Further Applications of Electricity

1380

14Electricity and Speech

2288

15Wireless Telephony

568

16Induction Coils Explained

657

17Light That Does Not Affect the Eye

822

18How Electricity Produces Light

1131

19Electricity From Mechanical Motion

904

20Mechanical Motion From Electricity

932

21Electric Railways, Niagara, etc.

1391

22Electricity in the Observatory

1528

23Electricity and the Physician

613

24Electricity and Radium

1209

25Electricity and Chemistry

837

26Electricity in the Coal-Mine

963

27Electricity as a Heating Agent

433

28Electricity's Relation to Heat

807

29How Electricity Aids the Conjurer

1175

30How We Measure Electricity

1756

31Some Questions Answered

663

32What We Know About Electricity

968

33Conclusion

894

Romance of Modern Electricity

About this book

Chapters (33)

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