Electricity for Boys, by J. S. Zerbe, M.E
by James Slough Zerbe
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About this eBook
- Author
- Zerbe, James Slough, 1849-1921
- Title
- Electricity for Boys
- Credits
- Produced by Joe Longo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering
- Subject
- Electrical engineering -- Juvenile literature
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 22766
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22766
- Release Date
- September 25, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.WARNING: This book of one hundred years ago describes experiments which are too dangerous to attempt by either adults or children. It is published for historical interest only. — The "How-to-do-it" Books — ELECTRICITY FOR BOYS — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 3.INTRODUCTORY
- 4.CHAPTER I — THE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY. HISTORICAL
- 5.CHAPTER II ToC — WHAT TOOLS AND APPARATUS ARE NEEDED
- 6.CHAPTER III ToC — MAGNETS, COILS, ARMATURES, ETC.
- 7.CHAPTER IV ToC — FRICTIONAL, VOLTAIC OR GALVANIC, AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ELECTRICITY
- 8.CHAPTER V ToC — HOW TO DETECT AND MEASURE ELECTRICITY
- 9.CHAPTER VI ToC — VOLTS, AMPERES, OHMS AND WATTS
- 10.CHAPTER VII ToC — PUSH BUTTONS, SWITCHES, ANNUNCIATORS, BELLS AND LIKE APPARATUS
- 11.CHAPTER VIII ToC — ACCUMULATORS. STORAGE OR SECONDARY BATTERIES
- 12.CHAPTER IX ToC — THE TELEGRAPH
- 13.CHAPTER X ToC — HIGH TENSION APPARATUS, CONDENSERS, ETC.
- 14.CHAPTER XI ToC — WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
- 15.CHAPTER XII ToC — THE TELEPHONE
- 16.CHAPTER XIII ToC — ELECTROLYSIS, WATER PURIFICATION, ELECTROPLATING
- 17.CHAPTER XIV ToC — ELECTRIC HEATING, THERMO ELECTRICITY
- 18.CHAPTER XV ToC — ALTERNATING CURRENTS, CHOKING COILS, TRANSFORMERS, CONVERTERS AND RECTIFIERS
- 19.CHAPTER XVI ToC — ELECTRIC LIGHTING
- 20.CHAPTER XVII ToC — POWER, AND VARIOUS OTHER ELECTRICAL MANIFESTATIONS
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII ToC — X-RAY, RADIUM, AND THE LIKE — GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN TEXT OF THIS VOLUME ToC
- 22.INDEX ToC — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — X — Z
- 23.THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS — Carpentry for Boys — Electricity for Boys — Practical Mechanics for Boys
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