A history of electricity and magnetism

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Author(s): Herbert W. Meyer
Publisher: Burndy
Year: 1972

Language: English

Cover
Title page
Contents (detailed)
FOREWORD BY BERN DIBNER
PREFACE
1 EARLY DISCOVERIES
2 ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND EXPERIMENTS WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY
3 VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY, ELECTROCHEMISTRY, AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
4 FARADAY AND HENRY
5 DIRECT-CURRENT DYNAMOS AND MOTORS
6 IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTERIES AND ELECTROSTATIC MACHINES
7 ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS, LAWS, AND DEFINITIONS OF UNITS
8 THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
9 THE ATLANTIC CABLE
10 THE TELEPHONE
11 ELECTRIC LIGHTING
12 ALTERNATING CURRENTS
13 ELECTRIC TRACTION
14 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, RADIO, FACSIMILE, AND TELEVISION
15 THE CROOKES TUBE, X RAYS,RADIOACTIVITY, STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM, ACCELERATORS AND ATOMIC RESEARCH
16 MICROWAVES, RADAR, RADIO RELAY, COAXIAL CABLE, COMPUTERS
17 PLASMAS, MASERS,LASERS, FUEL CELLS, PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTALS, TRANSISTORS
18 ATOMIC ENERGY, GOVERNMENT RESEARCH, NUCLEAR FUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX