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The Romance of Modern Electricity

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From the series, The Library of Romance, this book introduces the reader to the modern concepts of electricity. The author discusses how man came to know about electricity, and how it powers the world of 1910. (9 hr 11 min)

Chapters

The Part Electricity Played

10:58

Read by Kerry Adams

How We Came to Know About Electricity

9:16

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

How Batteries Were Invented

19:44

Read by Availle

What is Magnetism?

15:17

Read by petermosier

How Magnetism is Related to Electricity

8:42

Read by petermosier

How We Came to Have the Telegraph

15:02

Read by HelloCentral

How We Now Send Telegrams

22:51

Read by Matt Stiner

Telegraphing Across the Sea

18:48

Read by ostrichreads

Some Early Attempts at Telegraphy

10:56

Read by Martin Hill

Telegraphing Through Space

21:11

Read by Matt Stiner

Electricity in Nature

15:38

Read by Availle

Interesting Applications of Electricity

18:13

Read by Amelie Dawson

Further Applications of Electricity

23:00

Read by Owlivia

Electricity and Speech

38:08

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Wireless Telephony

9:28

Read by Matt Stiner

Induction Coils Explained

10:57

Read by jenno

Light That Does Not Affect the Eye

13:42

Read by Availle

How Electricity Produces Light

18:51

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Electricity From Mechanical Motion

15:04

Read by HelloCentral

Mechanical Motion From Electricity

15:32

Read by HelloCentral

Electric Railways, Niagara, etc.

23:11

Read by Eric Johnson

Electricity in the Observatory

25:28

Read by prajak

Electricity and the Physician

10:13

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Electricity and Radium

20:09

Read by Availle

Electricity and Chemistry

13:57

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Electricity in the Coal-Mine

16:03

Read by elmachina

Electricity as a Heating Agent

7:13

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Electricity's Relation to Heat

13:27

Read by Matt Stiner

How Electricity Aids the Conjurer

19:35

Read by ostrichreads

How We Measure Electricity

29:16

Read by Availle

Some Questions Answered

11:03

Read by J. M. Smallheer

What We Know About Electricity

16:08

Read by Availle

Conclusion

14:54

Read by Marie Christian

Bewertungen

Very educational book

(5 Sterne)

I'm enjoying this book very much. So interesting about Electricity.