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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
VOLUME 76, NUMBER 2
HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT
BY
HENRY SCHROEDER
Harrison, New Jersey
FOR THE INCREASE
AND DIFFVSION OF
KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITVTION
WASHINGTON 1846
(Publication 2717)
CITY OF WASHINGTON
PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
AUGUST 15, 1923
The Lord Baltimore Press
BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A.
iii
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| List of Illustrations | v |
| Foreword | ix |
| Chronology of Electric Light | xi |
| Early Records of Electricity and Magnetism | 1 |
| Machines Generating Electricity by Friction | 2 |
| The Leyden Jar | 3 |
| Electricity Generated by Chemical Means | 3 |
| Improvement of Volta’s Battery | 5 |
| Davy’s Discoveries | 5 |
| Researches of Oersted, Ampère, Schweigger and Sturgeon | 6 |
| Ohm’s Law | 7 |
| Invention of the Dynamo | 7 |
| Daniell’s Battery | 10 |
| Grove’s Battery | 11 |
| Grove’s Demonstration of Incandescent Lighting | 12 |
| Grenet Battery | 13 |
| De Moleyns’ Incandescent Lamp | 13 |
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