Abstract
THIS first volume, which is to be followed by a second devoted to ships' compasses, takes a wide sweep over physical science generally. Sound waves, light waves, kathode rays, Röntgen rays and Hertzian radiation are treated in a vigorous popular style, special attention being devoted to the functions of the ether which pervades all space. No preliminary knowledge is assumed, common language is preferred to technical, and much information of quite recent date is given—a notable instance being the information regarding atmospheric electricity obtained by kite-flying. The reader never feels himself snubbed as an ignorant person who must be content with elementary knowledge, but is freely admitted to the most sacred arcana.
A Treatise on Electromagnetic Phenomena and on the Compass and its Deviations aboard Ship. Mathematical, Theoretical and Practical.
By Commander T. A. Lyons, U.S. Navy. Vol. i. Pp. xv + 556. (New York: Wiley and Sons. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd.) Price 25s. 6d.
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A Treatise on Electromagnetic Phenomena and on the Compass and its Deviations aboard Ship Mathematical, Theoretical and Practical . Nature 64, 125 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064125b0
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