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A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY TO EVERY DAY USES
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ELECTRICITY IN THE SERVICE OF MAN.
BY C. F. BRACKETT,
Henry Professor of Physics in Princeton College.
THE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ITS APPLICATIONS.
BY FRANKLIN L. POPE,
Past President of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY OF TO-DAY.
BY JOSEPH WETZLER,
Editor of the “Electrical Engineer,” New York.
ELECTRICITY IN LIGHTING.
BY HENRY MORTON,
President of the Stevens Institute of Technology.
THE TELEGRAPH OF TO-DAY.
BY CHARLES L. BUCKINGHAM,
Patent Attorney and Counsel for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
THE MAKING AND LAYING OF A CABLE.
BY HERBERT L. WEBB,
Assistant Electrician, Metropolitan Telephone Co., New York.
ELECTRICITY IN NAVAL WARFARE.
BY WALTER S. HUGHES,
Lieutenant U.S.N.
ELECTRICITY IN LAND WARFARE.
BY JOHN MILLIS,
First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
ELECTRICITY IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
BY A. E. KENNELLY,
Electrician of Mr. T. A. Edison’s Laboratory.
ELECTRICITY IN RELATION TO THE HUMAN BODY.
BY M. ALLEN STARR, M.D.,
Professor of Nervous Diseases, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York.
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