CONTENTS
John F. Woodhull
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
The Dynamo and The Power Station
3
II.
Dynamo continued—The Magnet
11
III.
The Ammeter
25
IV.
The Wattmeter
35
V.
The Electric Motor
43
VI.
Applications of the Electro-magnet
57
VII.
Electric Heating
97
VIII.
Applications of Electric Heating
107
IX.
Lighting a Summer Camp by Electricity
160
X.
How Electricity Feels
168
XI.
The Electric Sparking Equipment for a Gasolene Engine
178
XII.
Electricity From Central Stations
204
XIII.
Electricity From an Old Mill
218
XIV.
Doing Chores by Electricity
240
XV.
Electric currents from Chemical Action and Chemical Action from Electric Currents
248
XVI.
Electrocution at Millville
271
XVII.
The Telephone
274
XVIII.
Electric Bell Outfit for the Cottage
296
XIX.
Using Electricity to Aid the Memory
300
XX.
The Electric Brick Oven
305
XXI.
Electric Waves
309
XXII.
Ringing Bells and Lighting Lamps by Electric Waves
324
XXIII.
Telegraphing by Electric Waves
329
XXIV.
Halley's Comet and Electric Waves
333
XXV.
How the Idea of a Universal Ether Developed
339
XXVI.
Electric Currents Cannot Be Confined to Wires
349
XXVII.
Wireless Telegraphy In Earnest
355
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