Electricity, Its History and Development

Text extracted from opening pages of book: ELECTRICITY ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT ELEGTRICIT; Y ITS HISTOM AND DEVELOPMENT BY WILLIAM A. DURGIN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS CHICAGO A. G. McCLURG and CO. 1912 Copyright A. C. Me CLURG and CO. 1912 Published October, 1912 W. P. HALU MINTING COMPANY, CHIOA30 To My Wife LAURA KELLOGG WEAVER DURGIN FOREWORD book is intended for the man who desires * a fair understanding of present-day elec tricity, but who finds the statements of the text books and manuals more detailed than he needs and a bit too dry to hold his interest. By considering the main events in the development of electrical applications it seemed possible to preserve some of the romance of the work of the pioneers, past and present, and at the same time to give clear con ceptions of the fundamentals. This has been at tempted in the following pages; and if the work serves to lighten the mystery of electricity for a few, or to show the charm and adventure which still await those who choose electrical work as their vocation, it will, perhaps, have justified publication. w. A, a