ELECTRICITY (ROMANCE OF REALITY)
Written by W.H. McCormick
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ELECTRICITY
- MAGNETISM
- TELEGRAPHS
ELECTRICITY (ROMANCE OF REALITY)
Written by W.H. McCormick.
Stock no. 561632
Circa.
1920.
Hardback.
Good condition.
Romance Of Reality series. Brown cloth. B/w photo onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w photos and diagrams. viii and 295 pages including index. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. Boards a little grubby. Text block and endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and two stickers below inscription, pencil name to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A good working copy.
Front cover
Contents
- I. The Birth of the Science of Electricity
- II. Electrical Machines and the Leyden Jar
- III. Electricty in the Atmosphere
- IV. The Electric Current
- V. The Accumulator
- VI. Magnets and Magnetism
- VII. The Production of Magnetism by Electrictiy
- VIII. The Induction Coil
- IX. The Dynamo and the Electric Motor
- X. Electric Power Stations
- XI. Electricity in Locomotion
- XII. Electric Lighting
- XIII. Electric Heating
- XIV. Electric Bells and Alarms
- XV. Electric Clocks
- XVI. The Telegraph
- XVII. Submarine Telegraphy
- XVIII. The Telephone
- XIX. Some Telegraphic and Telephonic Inventions
- XX. Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony - Principles and Apparatus
- XXI. Wireless Telegraphy
- XXII. Electroplating and Electrotyping
- XXIII. Industrial Electrolysis
- XXIV. The Rontgen Rays
- XXV. Electricity in Medicine
- XXVI. Ozone
- XXVII. Electric Ignition
- XXVIII. Electro-Culture
- XXIX. Some Recent Applications of Electricity - An Electric Pipe Locator, etc.
- XXX. Electricity in War
- XXXI. What is Electricity?