Buy this book on-line Trevert, Edward : Experimental Electricity; IllustratedBubier Publishing Company, Lynn, MA, 1890
Original publisher's brown cloth binding with black lettering on front cover. No lettering to spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4." 164 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Eight additional pages in the back advertising books on similar subjects. Two former owners' bookplates tipped in on front pastedown. One bookplate is covering the other. The visible bookplate reads, "Private Library of Oliver Hall, Volume No. 3." Signed by Oliver Hall in black ink on a front flyleaf. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Pages slightly age-toned. Covers have slight wear on corners, edges, and outer joints. A Very Good copy. An informative book by Edward Trevert that shows readers how to make science experiments that use electricity. Written during a time when the use of electricity was still in its nascent years in the United States. Excerpt from the Preface: "... I shall endeavor as well as possible, avoiding technicalities, to give the reader in a simple way, practical directions for performing some easy and interesting experiments in electricity; also, for making some electrical apparatus by which he may obtain a considerable amount of practical information of the subject. I shall not in any way attempt to have him make highly finished appliances, such as are made by electrical companies ...." The following are the chapter titles: "Some Easy Experiments in Electricity and Magnetism," "How to Make Electric Batteries," "How to Make a Galvanometer," "How to Make an Induction Coil," "How to Make an Electric Bell," "How to Make a Magneto Machine," "How to Make a Telegraph Instrument," "How to Make an Electric Motor," "How to Make a Dynamo," "Electric Gas Lighting and Bell Fitting--Some Practical Information for Amateurs," "Some Information in Regard to Electric Lamps," and "Glossary of Electric Terms.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Trevert, Edward : Experimental Electricity; Illustrated. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, livres rares, used books, livres illustrées and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |