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Electricity in daily life; a popular account of the applications of electricity to every day uses. By Cyrus F. Brackett [and others]
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1890 Electri
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric industries.
- Electricity.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 288 p. illus., plates, ports. 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1890.
- Contents:
- Electricity in the service of man, by C.F. Brackett.
- The electric motor and its applications, by F. L. Pope.
- The electric railway of to-day, by Joseph Wetzler.
- Electricity in lighting, by Henry Morton.
- The telegraph of to-day, by C.L. Buckingham.
- The making and laying of a cable, by H.L. Webb.
- Electricity in naval warfare, by W.S. Hughes.
- Electricity in land warfare, by John Millis.
- Electricity in the household, by A.E. Kennelly.
- Electricity in relation to the human body, M.A. Starr.
- Notes:
- Cover design attributed to Alice Morse.
- Cited in:
- Dubansky, Mindell. The proper decoration of books, Attrib. 93-1 (p. 87)
- OCLC:
- 1316289
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