The Library of Work and Play: Electricity and Its Everyday UsesWoodhull, John F. (John Francis)
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The Library of Work and Play: Electricity and Its Everyday Uses
Woodhull, John F. (John Francis)
Electricity -- Juvenile literature
Obvious typos and inconsistencies in spelling have been corrected:
p31. intrument -> instrument
p35. mantain -> maintain
p48. represents the [the] counter-electro-motive force
p64. 2 volts × .1 ampere = .6 watts. ->
6 volts × .1 ampere = .6 watts.
The correct voltage is deduced from the preceding paragraph.
p141. 55 ampere -> .55 ampere
p168. familar -> familiar
p173. preceptible -> perceptible
p229. - p230. countershaft -> counter shaft
p259. H_{2}SO^{4} -> H_{2}SO_{4}
p295. Note C refers to C´ not C´´
and these should be labelled C, and C,,
to denote octaves below middle C.
p316. electri-tricity -> electricity
p356. oufit -> outfit
Throughout the text:
The few cases of "volt-meter" have been changed to "volt meter"
which has been used for the majority of the text.
The single instances of watt meter and watt-meter have been changed
to wattmeter which has been used for the majority of the text.
The few cases of "electro magnet" have been changed to
"electro-magnet" which has been used for the majority of the text.
In the Table of Contents:
Chapter XII page number changed from 118 to 218
Chapter XV name changed from "Electricity from Chemical Action and
Chemical Action from Electricity" to match
text which reads "ELECTRIC CURRENTS FROM CHEMICAL ACTION AND
CHEMICAL ACTION FROM ELECTRIC CURRENTS"
In the Table of Illustrations:
"Operating a Switchboard" changed to match caption which reads
"Operating the Switchboard"
p63. The example of Morse code given is correct for "Original" or
American Morse. It has some differences from Continental or
International Code which is the current standard. The spacing of the
dots is significant.
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