Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity: Second EditionSt. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
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Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity: Second Edition
St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
Electricity
This book is designed as a text-book for amateurs, students, and others
who wish to take up a systematic course of elementary electrical
experiments at home or in school. Full directions are given for.......
_Two Hundred Simple Experiments._
The experiments are discussed by the author, after the student has been
led to form his own opinion about the results obtained and the points
learned.
In selecting the apparatus for the experiments in this book, the author
has kept constantly in mind the fact that the average student will not
buy the expensive pieces usually described in text-books.
The two hundred experiments given can be performed with
simple apparatus; in fact, the student should make at least
a part of his own apparatus, and for the benefit of those
who wish to do this, the author has given, throughout the
work, explanations that will aid in the construction of
certain pieces especially adapted to these experiments. For
those who have the author's "How Two Boys Made Their Own
Electrical Apparatus," constant references have been made to
it as the "Apparatus Book," as this contains full details
for making almost all kinds of simple apparatus needed
in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by
Experiment."
_If you wish to take up a systematic course of experiments--experiments
that may be performed with simple, inexpensive apparatus,--this book
will serve as a valuable guide._
Condensed List of Apparatus
FOR
"The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment."
_Number_ 1. Steel Needles; package of twenty-five.--2. Flat Cork.--3.
Candle.--4-15. Annealed Iron Wires; assorted lengths.--16. Horseshoe
Magnet; best quality; English.--17. Iron Filings.--18. Parts for
Compass.--19, 20. Wire Nails; soft steel.--21, 22. Spring Steel; for
bar magnets.--23. Iron Ring.--24. Sifter; for iron filings.--25.
Spring Steel; for flexible magnet.--26, 27. Ebonite Sheets; with
special surface.--28. Ebonite Rod.--29. Ebonite Rod; short.--30.
Flannel Cloth.--31. Tissue Paper.--32. Cotton Thread.--33. Silk
Thread.--34. Support Base.--35. Support Rod.--36. Support Wire.--37.
Wire Swing.--38. Sheet of Glass.--39. Hairpin.--40. Circular
Conductor.--41. Circular Conductor.--42. Electrophorus Cover.--43.
Insulating Table.--44. Insulated Copper Wire.--45. Rubber Band.--46.
Bent Wire Clamps.--47. Cylindrical Conductor.--48. Discharger; for
condenser.--49. Aluminum-Leaf.--50. Wires.
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