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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
I. Peregrinus and Columbus 1
II. Norman and Gilbert 29
III. Franklin and some contemporaries 68
IV. Galvani, discoverer of animal electricity 133
V. Volta, the founder of electrical science 162
VI. Coulomb 188
VII. Hans Christian Oersted 205
VIII. Andr6 Marie Ampere 232
IX. Ohm, the founder of mathematical electricity 258
X. Faraday 299
XI. Clerk Maxwell 334
XII. Lord Kelvin 361
ILLUSTRATIONS
The double pivoted needle of Petrus Peregrinus 19
First pivoted compass, Peregrinus, 1269 17
Magnetic Declination at New York 21
“ “ San Francisco 21
“ “ in London, in 1850 and 1907 23
First dip-circle, invented by Norman in 1676 29
Norman's illustration of magnetic dip 31
Gilbert's orb of virtue, 1600 32
Behavior of compass-needle on a terrella or spherical lodestone 44
Gilbert’s “versorium" or electroscope 69
Gordon’s electric chimes, 1745 75
Modern form of Leyden jar, with movable coatings 87
Three coated panes in series 89
Panes in parallel 89
“ jars in parallel 90
“ jars in cascade 90
Discharge by alternate contacts 94
Tassel of long threads or light strips of paper 101
Procopius Divisch (1696-1765) 108
The Divisch lightning conductor (1754) 111
Set of pointed rods 112
Galvani (portrait) opposite page 133
Volta “ “ “ 162
Oersted “ “ “ 205
Ampere “ “ “ 232
Faraday “ “ “ 299
Clerk Maxwell (portrait) opposite page 334
Lord Kelvin “ “ “ 361

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OL25878864M
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MakersOfElectricity
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595145187

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