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<h4><i>NATURE'S MIRACLES, VOL. III.</i></h4>
<h1>Electricity<br/> and Magnetism</h1>
<h6>BY</h6>
<h2>ELISHA GRAY, <span class="smcap">Ph.D.</span>, LL.D.</h2>
<h4>WILLIAM BRIGGS<br/>
29-33 Richmond St. West, Toronto<br/>
<small><span class="smcap">C. W. Coates</span>, Montreal, Que.<br/>
<span class="smcap">S. F. Huestis</span>, Halifax, N.S.</small></h4>
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<h3>CONTENTS.</h3>
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<tr><td align='right'><small>CHAPTER</small></td><td> </td><td align='right'><small>PAGE</small></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Introduction</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_v">v</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_I">I.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">The Author's Design</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_1">1</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_II">II.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">History of Electrical Science</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_6">6</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_III">III.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">History of Magnetism</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_20">20</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_IV">IV.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Theory and Nature of Magnetism</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_25">25</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_V">V.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Theory of Electricity</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_39">39</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VI">VI.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Electrical Currents</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_49">49</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VII">VII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Electric Generators</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_62">62</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VIII">VIII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Atmospheric Electricity</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_77">77</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_IX">IX.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Electrical Measurement</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_83">83</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_X">X.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">The Electric Telegraph</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_88">88</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XI">XI.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Receiving Messages</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_103">103</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XII">XII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Miscellaneous Methods</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_108">108</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIII">XIII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Multiple Transmission</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_114">114</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIV">XIV.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Way Duplex System</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_129">129</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XV">XV.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">The Telephone</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_134">134</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XVI">XVI.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">How the Telephone Talks</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_145">145</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XVII">XVII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Submarine Telegraphy</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_154">154</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">XVIII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Short-Line Telegraphs</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_159">159</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIX">XIX.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">The Telautograph</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_165">165</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XX">XX.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Some Curiosities</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_171">171</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXI">XXI.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Wireless Telegraphy</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_176">176</SPAN><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv"></SPAN></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXII">XXII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Niagara Falls Power—Introduction</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_186">186</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">XXIII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Niagara Falls Power—Appliances</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_190">190</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXIV">XXIV.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Niagara Falls Power—Appliances</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_199">199</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXV">XXV.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Electrical Products—Carborundum</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_209">209</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXVI">XXVI.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Electrical Products—Bleaching-powder</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_218">218</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXVII">XXVII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Electrical Products—Aluminum</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_223">223</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXVIII">XXVIII.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Electrical Products—Calcium Carbide</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_228">228</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='right'><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXIX">XXIX.</SPAN></td><td align='left'><span class="smcap">The New Era</span></td><td align='right'><SPAN href="#Page_234">234</SPAN></td></tr>
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<h2>INTRODUCTION.</h2>
<p>For the benefit of the readers of Vol. III,
who have not read the general Introduction
found in Vol. I, a word as to the scope and
object of this volume will not be amiss.</p>
<p>It will be plain to any one on seeing the size
of the little book that it cannot be an exhaustive
treatise on a subject so large as
that of Electricity. This volume, like the
others, is intended for popular reading, and
technical terms are avoided as far as possible,
or when used clearly explained. The subject
is treated historically, theoretically, and practically.</p>
<p>As the author has lived through the period
during which the science of Electricity has
had most of its growth, he naturally and
necessarily deals somewhat in reminiscence.
All he hopes to do is to plant a few seed-thoughts
in the minds of his readers that will
awaken an interest in the study of natural
science; and especially in its most fascinating
branch—Electricity.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi"></SPAN></span></p>
<p>If Vol. I is at hand, please read the Introduction.
It will bring you into closer sympathy
with the author and his mode of treatment.</p>
<p>Again, if the reader is especially interested
in the theory of Electricity it will help him
very much if he first reads Vols. I and II, as
a preparation for a better understanding of
Vol. III. All the natural sciences are so
closely related that it is difficult to get a clear
insight into any one of them without at
least a general idea of all the others.</p>
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<h1>NATURE'S MIRACLES.</h1>
<h2>ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.</h2>
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