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FIRST DIRECT-CONNECTED ELECTRIC GENERATOR UNIT OF LARGE CAPACITY EVER CONSTRUCTEDUP TO THE TIME IT WAS MADE BY THOMAS A. EDISON IN JUNE, 1881.CAPACITY, 1200 INCANDESCENT LAMPS OF 16 CANDLE-POWER EACH

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A-B-C
OF
ELECTRICITY

BY
WILLIAM H. MEADOWCROFT

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK & LONDON

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A-B-C of Electricity

COPYRIGHT, 1888, 1909, BY WILLIAM H. MEADOWCROFT


COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY HARPER & BROTHERS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED MAY, 1915


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From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison

Orange, N. J.

Mr. W. H. Meadowcroft,

New York City.

DEAR SIR:

I have read the MS. of your "A-B-C ofElectricity," and find that the statements you havemade therein are correct. Your treatment of thesubject, and arrangement of the matter, have impressedme favorably.

Yours truly,

THOS. A. EDISON


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CONTENTS

CHAP.   PAGE
 Introduction To New Editionviii
 Prefacex
I. 1
II.Definitions3
III.Magnetism16
IV.The Telegraph23
V.Wireless Telegraphy33
VI.The Telephone40
VII.Electric Light54
VIII.Electric Power<
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