The Romance of modern electricity Describing in non-technical language what is known about electricity and many of its interesting application /
Charles R. Gibson
- London Seeley, Service and Co 1927
- 344 p
The Part Played by Electricity (Page-15) How We Came to Know About Electricity (Page-20), How Batteries Were Invented (Page-26), What is Magnetism (Page-38), How Magnetism is Related to Electricity (Page-47), How We Came To Wave the Telegraph (Page-52), How We send Telegrams (Page-62), Telegraphing Across the Sea (Page-74), Some Early Attempts at Telegraphy (Page-87), Telegraphing Through Space (Page-94), More About Warless (Page-106 ), Interesting Application of Electricity (Page-115), Wireless Telephony (Page-162), How Electricity Produces light (Page-182), Mechanical Motion From Electricity (Page-203), Electricity and the Physician (Page-2036), Electricity and Radium (Page-243), Electricity and Chemistry (Page-254), Electricity in the Coal-mine (Page-263), How Electricity Aids the Conjurer (Page-287), How we Measure Electricity (Page-299), Some Questions Answered (Page-315), What We Know About Electricity (Page-322), Conclusion (Page-331).