The Library Of Work and Play. Electricity and Its Everyday Uses
by John F. Woodhull
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About this eBook
- Author
- Woodhull, John F. (John Francis), 1857-1941
- Title
- The Library of Work and Play: Electricity and Its Everyday Uses
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Jordan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering
- Subject
- Electricity -- Juvenile literature
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45331
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45331
- Release Date
- April 6, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY Electricity and Its Everyday Uses
- 2.THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.I THE DYNAMO AND THE POWER STATION
- 7.II THE DYNAMO, CONTINUED—THE MAGNET
- 8.III THE AMMETER
- 9.IV THE WATTMETER
- 10.V THE ELECTRIC MOTOR
- 11.VI APPLICATIONS OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNET
- 12.VII ELECTRIC HEATING
- 13.VIII APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRIC HEATING
- 14.IX LIGHTING A SUMMER CAMP BY ELECTRICITY
- 15.X HOW ELECTRICITY FEELS
- 16.XI THE ELECTRICAL SPARKING EQUIPMENT FOR A GASOLENE ENGINE
- 17.XII ELECTRICITY FROM CENTRAL STATIONS
- 18.XIII ELECTRICITY FROM AN OLD MILL
- 19.XIV DOING CHORES BY ELECTRICITY
- 20.XV ELECTRIC CURRENTS FROM CHEMICAL ACTION AND CHEMICAL ACTION FROM ELECTRIC CURRENTS
- 21.XVI ELECTROCUTION AT MILLVILLE
- 22.XVII THE TELEPHONE
- 23.XVIII ELECTRIC BELL OUTFIT FOR THE COTTAGE
- 24.XIX USING ELECTRICITY TO AID THE MEMORY
- 25.XX THE ELECTRIC BRICK OVEN
- 26.XXI ELECTRIC WAVES
- 27.XXII RINGING BELLS AND LIGHTING LAMPS BY ELECTRIC WAVES
- 28.XXIII TELEGRAPHING BY ELECTRIC WAVES
- 29.XXIV HALLEY'S COMET AND ELECTRICAL WAVES
- 30.XXV HOW THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSAL ETHER DEVELOPED
- 31.XXVI ELECTRIC CURRENTS CANNOT BE CONFINED TO WIRES
- 32.XXVII WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN EARNEST
- 33.Transcriber's Notes:
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