PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I WHAT THE STORY IS ABOUT

CHAPTER II THE ELECTRON'S PREFACE

CHAPTER III THE NEW ARRIVAL THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER IV SOME GOOD SPORT THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER V MY EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER VI MAN PAYS US SOME ATTENTION THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER VII A STEADY MARCH THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER VIII A USEFUL DANCE THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER IX HOW WE CARRY MAN'S NEWS THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER X HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH DISTANT SHIPS THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER XI HOW WE REPRODUCE SPEECH THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER XII OUR HEAVIEST DUTIES THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER XIII A BOON TO MAN THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER XIV HOW WE PRODUCE COLOUR THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER XV WE SEND MESSAGES FROM THE STARS THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER XVI HOW MAN PROVED OUR EXISTENCE THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER XVII MY X-RAY EXPERIENCES THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER XVIII OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE ATOMS THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER XIX HOW WE MADE THE WORLD TALK THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON CHAPTER TWENTY

APPENDIX THE SCRIBE'S NOTE ON APPENDIX

INDEX

Title: Autobiography of an Electron

Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion

Author: Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson

Language: English

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF AN ELECTRON