Abstract
SO many school manuals of Electricity and Magnetism have appeared during the last ten years, particularly since the establishment of the South Kensington Science Examinations, that one is led to question the advisability of adding to their number. The existing manuals are, as a rule, as complete and comprehensive as works of their size and price can be, and until new facts are discovered, or new methods of treating old facts are in vogue, we do not see the necessity of multiplying such text-books. The work before us does not present any special feature. It is suitable for low Forms in a Public School, and for the elementary examination in Electricity at South Kensington. It is cheap and sufficiently illustrated, but occasionally insufficiently explicit for young boys. The chapter on Terrestrial Magnetism might with advantage be somewhat enlarged, and would be distinctly improved by the addition of one or two simple figures.
Magnetism and Electricity for Schools and Science Classes.
By George Porter. (Belfast: William Mullan and Son, 1878.)
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Magnetism and Electricity for Schools and Science Classes . Nature 18, 615 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018615b0
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