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Trowbridge, John

The Advance in Electricity Since the Time of Franklin / John Trowbridge. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (183 p.) : 165 illustrations

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY -- CHAPTER II. LIGHTNING -- CHAPTER III. PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING -- CHAPTER IV. SUPERSTITIONS IN REGARD TO LIGHTNING -- CHAPTER V. CAUSES OF LIGHTNING -- CHAPTER VI. A BAR TO FRANKLIN'S ADVANCE -- CHAPTER VII.NEW METHOD OF STUDYING LIGHTNING -- CHAPTER VIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE ART OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY -- CHAPTER IX. ELECTRIC WAVES -- CHAPTER X. STUDY OF LIGHTNING IN A LABORATORY -- CHAPTER XI. THE AURORA -- CHAPTER XII. LIGHTNING BROUGHT TO EARTH -- CHAPTER XIII. THE ELECTRIC CURRENT -- CHAPTER XIV. THE PARTICLE OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT -- CHAPTER XV. LIGHT AND THE ELECTRON -- CHAPTER XVI. RADIOACTIVITY -- CHAPTER XVII. ELECTRONS AND IONS -- CHAPTER XVIII. LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY -- CHAPTER XIX. PHOTO-ELECTRICITY -- CHAPTER XX. DIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC ACTION -- CHAPTER XXI. VELOCITY OF ELECTRONS -- CHAPTER XXII. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY -- CHAPTER XXIII. ELECTRONS AND VIOLET LIGHT -- CHAPTER XXIV. THE EXTENT OF NEW VIEWS -- CHAPTER XXV. TELEPATHY -- CHAPTER XXVI. ELECTRONS AND THE X-RAYS -- CHAPTER XXVII. THE TASK OF A FUTURE FARADAY -- INDEX

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674288584 9780674288911

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674288911 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Electricity--History.
Electricity.
Physik.
Electricity -- History.
SCIENCE / General.

LC Class. No.: QC507

Dewey Class. No.: 537.09