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THE author tells us in his preface that this book is “written chiefly for that large and increasing class of thinking people who find pleasure in the study of science, and seek to obtain a full and accurate scientific knowledge for its own sake, or as part of the necessary mental preparation for many of the departments of modern life.” Our examination of the book itself would lead us to an opposite conclusion. We very much question whether any one of the class to whom the author refers will ever have the patience to read through this volume. Certainly they will have but sorry pleasure and anything but full and accurate information. The book abounds in foolish conceits advanced with a show of knowledge that cannot but repel every intelligent reader.
Electricity; its Theory, Sources, and Applications.
By John T. Sprague. (London: E. and F. N. Spon, 1875.)
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Electricity; its Theory, Sources, and Applications . Nature 12, 144–145 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012144a0
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