
Lectures on Electricity
Comprising Galvanism, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, Magneto- and Thermo-Electricity
Henry Minchin Noad(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 11. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
474 pages
978-1-108-05216-0 (ISBN)
Description
During the early nineteenth-century craze for conducting kite experiments in lightning, deaths were not unheard of. Electrical physicists, meanwhile, were often shocked badly enough to collapse in the course of their work. However, the perils of electricity did not deter its proponents. Published in 1844, this enlarged collection of lectures by Henry Minchin Noad (1815-77) had proven immensely popular in earlier incarnations, eventually running to four editions and recognised as an invaluable textbook for electricians and telegraph engineers until the turn of the century. An electrical practitioner himself, Noad includes illustrated explanations of some of the most significant ideas in the field, and describes many of his own experiments, from his version of the lightning kite to a battery constructed with fifty jars and a thousand feet of wire. His work remains relevant to students in the history of science.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Plates, black and white; 272 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
663 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-05216-0 (9781108052160)
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Content
Preface; 1. On electricity; 2. On electricity (cont.); 3. On atmospheric electricity; 4. On voltaic electricity; 5. On voltaic electricity (cont.); 6. On voltaic electricity (cont.); 7. On magnetism; 8. On electro-magnetism; 9. On magneto- and thermo-electricity; Appendix; Index.