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Electronic Resources

Electricity

Call Number

  • J 537 PARK (CEN)

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Edition

First American edition

Publication Information

New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2013.

Physical Description

72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Summary

Discusses the properties of electricity and describes how it is made and used.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • A mysterious force
  • Ideas about electricity
  • The quest for knowledge
  • Collecting electric charge
  • Using charges
  • A flow of charge
  • Electricity from chemicals
  • Circuits and conductors
  • Resisting electricity
  • Measuring and quantifying
  • Magnetism from electricity
  • Electromagnets
  • Electromagnets at work
  • Discoveries using electricity
  • Electricity from magnetism
  • Magneto-electric machines
  • Making things move
  • Manipulating electricity
  • Early electricity supplies
  • The power plant
  • Electricity in the home
  • Electrical appliances
  • Electricity and medicine
  • Heat, pressure, and light
  • Investigating cathode rays
  • Communicating with electricity
  • Talking with electricity
  • Communicating without wires
  • Television
  • Did you know?
  • Life without electricity.

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