An Epitome of Electricity & Galvanism

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Author

Hazard, Erskine, 1789-1865

Title

An epitome of electricity & galvanism

Original Publication

United States: Jane Aitken, 1809.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Richard Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Electricity -- Early works to 1850

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74933

Release Date

December 19, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN EPITOME OF ELECTRICITY & GALVANISM.
2. 2.DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT :
3. 3.RECOMMENDATIONS.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION. — SECTION I. — Electricity as known among the Ancients. — SECTION II.
6. 6.CONTENTS OF THE EPITOME OF ELECTRICITY .
7. 7.CONTENTS OF THE EPITOME OF GALVANISM .
8. 8.EPITOME OF ELECTRICITY. — DIVISION I. — CHAP. I. Explanation of Terms; with some general Remarks. — CHAP. II. Electric substances; with some of the phenomena attending their excitation. — CHAP. III. Of Electrics and Conductors. — CHAP. IV. Of the electrical machine. — CHAP. V. Of communicated electricity. — CHAP. VI. Of the electric spark. — CHAP. VII. Of the influence of pointed bodies on electricity, and some phenomena attending their operation. — CHAP. VIII. Of electric attraction and repulsion. — CHAP. IX. Of the Leyden phial. — CHAP. X. The electrical battery—and experiments performed with it. — CHAP. XI. A description of the electrophorus, and some of its phenomena accounted for. — CHAP. XII. Of electrometers. — CHAP. XIII. The identity of electricity with lightning. — CHAP. XIV. Of the structure and use of the electrical kite. — CHAP. XV. The structure and use of lightning rods. — CHAP. XVI. Of animal electricity. — CHAP. XVII. The influence of electricity on vegetables. — CHAP. XVIII. Medical electricity. — CHAP. XIX. Directions concerning the use of the electrical apparatus, with some practical rules for performing experiments with it to the best advantage. — DIVISION II. — CHAP. I. Entertaining Experiments, made by electrical Attraction and Repulsion. — CHAP. II. Experiments with electric Light. — CHAP. III. Experiments with Charged Electrics. — CHAP. IV. Experiments relating to the influence of pointed Bodies on Electricity. — CHAP. V. Promiscuous Experiments. — DIVISION III. — CHAP. I. Introductory Observations to the theory of Electricity. — CHAP. II. Theories of Electricity, exclusive of that of Franklin. — CHAP. III. The Franklinian Theory of Electricity.
9. 9.APPENDIX. — NUMBER I. — A description of the Cement used for electrical purposes. — NUMBER II. — A Composition for Coating Cylinders or Globes. — NUMBER III. — To make the best kind of Amalgam for exciting Electrics.— — NUMBER IV. — The preparation of electrical Paint. — NUMBER V. — To make the Artificial Bolognian Stone.
10. 10.EPITOME OF GALVANISM. — CHAP. I. A Short account of the discovery of Galvanism. — CHAP. II. Of the Animals best fitted for Galvanic Experiments, of the Metals best calculated for making these Experiments, and of Conductors. — CHAP. III. A Description of the Galvanic Trough and Pile. — CHAP. IV. The Method of performing Galvanic Experiments with Frogs; with some conclusions drawn from them. — CHAP. V. Various Experiments with the Galvanic Pile. — CHAP. VI. Experiments on the deflagration of Metals by the Galvanic Pile. — CHAP. VII. Further Galvanic Experiments on Metals, and on other Substances. — CHAP. VIII. Experiments which may be performed without the assistance of the Battery. — To shew the Galvanic light. — To affect the Taste by means of Water. — To prove that Earth-Worms have a nervous system. — CHAP. IX. Some common Effects which are supposed to be occasioned by Galvanism. — CHAP. X. The Effects of Galvanism on Vegetables. — CHAP. XI. Of medical Galvanism. — CHAP. XII. The Identity of Galvanism with Electricity considered. — Facts which seem to indicate that Galvanism and Electricity are the same Fluid. — Facts in which Galvanism and Electricity differ from each other.
11. 11.INDEX TO THE EPITOME OF ELECTRICITY.
12. 12.INDEX TO THE EPITOME OF GALVANISM.

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