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THIS book is an attempt to explain in simple terms the main principles underlying the supply and utilisation of electrical energy, so far as these are of practical importance in the ordinary household. We think the author has been very successful. The definitions given are scientifically accurate, and the explanations given are novel and lucid. We liked the chapter on “Home Practical Work”. It is shown how anyone, although he has no previous experience or mechanical aptitude, can carry out interesting and instructive experiments on an ordinary table without any equipment beyond a few electrical fittings, which can be purchased very cheaply, and the use of the domestic electric supply.
A Guide to Electricity: for Home and School.
By Dr. Charles F. Smith. Pp. ix + 73. (London: Oxford University Press, 1934.) 2s. 6d. net.
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[Short Notices]. Nature 134, 619 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134619c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134619c0