A manual of practical medical electricity / by Dawson Turner.

Date:
1893
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Credit: A manual of practical medical electricity / by Dawson Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C 0 T E N T S INTRODUCTION. PAGE Forms of electricity : Static, Galvanic, Faradic—Their characters differ only in degree—Only one iiind of electricity . 1-3 PART I. ELECTR 0-FHYSICS. CHAPTER I. STATIC OR FRICTIOXAL ELECTRICITY. Its use extending—Simple static phenomena—The electroscope —Leyden jar — Conductors—Electrical machines: Holtz, Wimshurst; care of ; method of application . . 4-14 CHAPTER II. MAGNETISM. Natural, artificial, permanent, and temporary magnets—Coercive force — Electro-magnet—Lines of force — Properties of a magnet—Resemblance to static electricity . . 15-18 CHAPTER III. GALVANIC ELECTRICITY. Essentials of a galvanic cell—Volta'a law—Effects of a current — Polarization — Electrical terms — Positive and negative ])lates and poles — The volt, ampere, ohm and coulomb — Ohm's law—The Watt—Comparison between electrical and mechanical power—Continuous, interrupted, and alternating currents . . . . . . . 19 30