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THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO THE READER

Things A Boy Should Know About Electricity (2)

CHAPTER I. ABOUT FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY.

CHAPTER II. ABOUT MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM.

CHAPTER III. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY THE VOLTAIC CELL.

CHAPTER IV. VARIOUS VOLTAIC CELLS.

CHAPTER V. ABOUT PUSH-BUTTONS, SWITCHES AND BINDING-POSTS.

CHAPTER VI. UNITS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS.

CHAPTER VII. CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.

CHAPTER VIII. HOW ELECTROPLATING AND ELECTROTYPING ARE DONE.

CHAPTER IX. THE STORAGE BATTERY, AND HOW IT WORKS.

CHAPTER X. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY HEAT.

CHAPTER XI. MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.

CHAPTER XII. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY INDUCTION.

CHAPTER XIII. HOW THE INDUCTION COIL WORKS.

CHAPTER XIV. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND HOW IT SENDS MESSAGES.

CHAPTER XV. THE ELECTRIC BELL AND SOME OF ITS USES.

CHAPTER XVI. THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW IT TRANSMITS SPEECH.

CHAPTER XVII. HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY DYNAMOS.

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED.

CHAPTER XIX. HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR USE.

CHAPTER XX. HOW HEAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.

CHAPTER XXI. HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE INCANDESCENT LAMP.

CHAPTER XXII. HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE ARC LAMP.

CHAPTER XXIII. X-RAYS, AND HOW THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND HOW IT DOES WORK.

CHAPTER XXV. ELECTRIC CARS, BOATS, AND AUTOMOBILES.

CHAPTER XXVI. A WORD ABOUT CENTRAL STATIONS.

CHAPTER XXVII. MISCELLANEOUS USES OF ELECTRICITY.

INDEX.

Title: Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity

Second Edition

Author: Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

Language: English

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Things A Boy Should
Know About
Electricity

BY
THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.
Author of "Fun With Magnetism," "Fun With Electricity,"
"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus,"
"The Study of Elementary Electricity
and Magnetism by Experiment," etc.


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NEW YORK
THOMAS M. ST. JOHN
407 West 51st Street
1903

Copyright, 1900.
By Thomas M. St. John.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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