Electricity for Boys

Opening of the book

WARNING: This book of one hundred
years ago describes
experiments which are too dangerous to
attempt by either
adults or children. It is published
for historical
interest only.
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ELECTRICITY FOR BOYS
Fig. 1. WORK BENCH
Fig. 1. WORK BENCH

THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS
ELECTRICITY FOR BOYS
A working guide, in the successive steps of
electricity, described in simple terms
WITH MANY ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS
By J. S. ZERBE, M.E.
AUTHOR OF
CARPENTRY FOR BOYSPRACTICAL MECHANICS FOR BOYS
Printer's Mark:
NYBC/Windmill
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
New York
Copyright, 1914, by
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
p. i
CONTENTS
Introductory
Page 1

I. Electricity
Considered.
Brief
Historical
Events
Page 5
The Study of Electricity. First Historical
Accounts. Bottling Electricity. Discovery
of
Galvanic
Electricity.
Electro-motive
Force. Measuring Instruments. Rapidity of
Modern Progress. How to Acquire the Vast
Knowledge. The Means Employed.
II. What Tools and
Apparatus are
Needed
Page 11
Preparing
the
Workshop.
Uses
of
Our
Workshop. What to Build. What to Learn.
Uses of the Electrical Devices. Tools.
Magnet-winding Reel.
III. Magnets,
Coils,
Armatures,
Etc.
Page 18
The
Two
Kinds
of
Magnets.
Permanent
Magnets.
Electro-Magnets.
Magnetism.
Materials
for
Magnets.
Non-magnetic
Material. Action of a Second Magnet. What
North and South Pole Mean. Repulsion and
Attraction.
Positives
and
Negatives.
Magnetic Lines of Force. The Earth as a
Magnet. Why the Compass Points North and
South. Peculiarity of a Magnet. Action of
the
Electro-Magnet.
Exterior
Magnetic
Influence
Around
a
Wires
Carrying
a
Current. Parallel Wires.

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