1890's The Age of Electricity by Benjamin Park, Illustrated

Description: "The Age of Electricity" by Benjamin Park. Circa 1890's; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. Nicely illustrated with numerous in-text drawings and full-page plates. The contents are as follows: The Myth of the Amber Soul; The Discoveries of the Early Experimenters; The Caging of the Lightning; Electricity in Harness; The Galvanic Battery and the Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy; The Electro-Magnet and the Conversion of Electricity into Magnetism; The Dynamo-Electric Machine, and the Conversion of Magnetism and Mechanical Motion into Electricity; The Electric Light - The Conversion of Electrical Energy into Heat and Light; Electro-Motors and the Conversion of Electrical Energy into Mechanical Energy; Electrolysis - Electro-Metallurgy and the Storage-Battery; The Electric Telegraph; The Speaking Telephone; The Induction Coil and Powerful Electric Discharges; The Applications of Electricity to Medicine, War, Railways, Time, Music, etc. From the Preface: "This little work is not a technical treatise, nor is it addressed in any wise to the professional electrician. It is simply an effort to present the leading principles of electrical science, their more important applications, and of these last the stories, in a plain and, it is hoped, a readable way. There are no formulas in the book. Only such technical terms as have now made their way into every-day use are employed; and the more strictly scientific branches of the subject, such as measurement, testing, etc., are omitted altogether."

Price: 45 USD

Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire

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