Author: Park Benjamin

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-02-18

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9780365530282

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Excerpt from The Age of Electricity, From Amber-Soul to Telephone For the most part, all historical data have been gath ered from publications contemporary with the date of first production of the several discoveries and inventions, and in many cases from the original writings of the inventors and discoverers themselves. As for sources of informa tion in general, the author can only say that there lie before him, at this writing, the first book on electricity ever written in the English language, - Robert Boyle's modest little pamphlet of 1675, and the latest numbers of the electrical journals, fresh from the press; and that he has ranged throughout the whole field of electrical literature anywhere and everywhere, in the most arbitrary manner, between these limits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Age of Electricity, From Amber-Soul to Telephone (Classic Reprint) written by Park Benjamin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Age of Electricity, From Amber-Soul to Telephone For the most part, all historical data have been gath ered from publications contemporary with the date of first production of the several discoveries and inventions, and in many cases from the original writings of the inventors and discoverers themselves. As for sources of informa tion in general, the author can only say that there lie before him, at this writing, the first book on electricity ever written in the English language, - Robert Boyle's modest little pamphlet of 1675, and the latest numbers of the electrical journals, fresh from the press; and that he has ranged throughout the whole field of electrical literature anywhere and everywhere, in the most arbitrary manner, between these limits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.