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M IRVING ^M»V. 80 illustrations in three Ru colors by th Adler EIYL $3.95 ELECTRICITY YOUR IN LIFE By IRVING ADLER Author of Time in Your Life, etc. 80 illustrations in three colors by Ruth Adler many Electricity is responsible for fasci- nating things in nature, in homes, and in industry. A Hash of lightning is a great electrical spark. The ignition system of an automobile engine makes smaller sparks of the same kind. Calculating machines that work electrically are used to solye complicated problems. The human brain also works electrically, and is more complicated and more wonderful than any calculating machine made by man. On a summer night, we see the abdomens of HreHies glow by phosphorescence, caused by electricity. The same kind of glow makes the pictures on our television screens. The antennas of radio and teleyision pick up radio w ayes produced by electrical yibra- tions at broadcasting stations. Giant radio telescopes pick up wav es produced by elec- trical yibrations in space. Electricity plays a part in so many eyents because eyerything in the \yorld is made of electricity. By learning about electricity \ye We get a better understanding of nature. also learn hovy to make electricity \york for us in such things as lamps, motors, telephones, and radios. 10213 Jacket design by The Etheredges THE JOHN DAY COMPANY New York STATE 0 V.!t; « r , i\’ FREE PU3LIC REGIONAL LIb.-v'AAv ST. jlQHNSBURy', VtR.VJONf Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/electricityinyouOOadle Electricity in Your Life many Electricity is responsible for fascinating things in nature, in homes, and in industry. A The flash of lightning is a great electrical spark. igni- tion system of an automobile engine makes smaller sparks of the same kind. Calculating machines that work elec- trically are used to solve complicated problems. The hu- man brain also works electrically, and is more complicated and more wonderful than any calculating machine made by man. On a summer night, we see the abdomens of fireflies glow by phosphorescence, caused by electricity. The same kind of glow makes the pictures on our television screens. The antennas of radio and television pick up radio waves produced by electrical vibrations at broadcasting sta- tions. Giant radio telescopes pick up waves produced by electrical vibrations in space. Electricity plays a part in so many events because every- thing in the world is made of electricity. By learning about We electricity we get a better understanding of nature. also learn how to make electricity work for us in such things as lamps, motors, telephones, and radios. Books by Irving Adler COLOR IN YOUR LIFE DUST THE ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS OF THE ATOM FIRE IN YOUR LIFE HOT AND COLD HOW LIFE BEGAN INSIDE THE NUCLEUS LOGIC FOR BEGINNERS MAGIC HOUSE OF NUMBERS MAN-MADE MOONS MONKEY BUSINESS: Hoaxes in the Name of Science A NEW LOOK AT ARITHMETIC THE NEW MATHEMATICS PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR EVERY MAN THE SECRET OF LIGHT SEEING THE EARTH FROM SPACE THE STARS: Stepping Stones into Space THE SUN AND ITS FAMILY THINKING MACHINES riME IN YOl’R LIFE TOOLS IN YOUR LIFE THE FOOLS OF SCIENCE WEATHER YOUR IN LIFE WHAT WE WANE OF OUR SCHOOLS THE Reason Why BOOKS (with Ruth Adler) IRVING ADLER Electricity Your in Life Illustrated by Ruth Adler The John Day Company Nexu York © BY IRVING AND RUTH ADLER 1965 All rights reserved. This book or parts thereof, must not be re- produced in any form without permission. Published by The John Day Company, Inc., 62 West 45th Street, New York 36, N.Y., and simultaneously in Canada by Longmans Canada Limited, Toronto. Library of Corigress Catalogue Card Number: 65-12275 MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Contents The Wonders of Electricity 9 I. II. Electrical Particles 13 III. Rubbing off Electrons 18 IV. Falling Electrons and E.M.F. 23 V. Insulators, Conductors, and Current 32 VI. Resistance and Ohm’s Law 38 VII. Direct and Alternating Current 44 A VIII. Current Makes Heat 51 IX. Electric Lamps 56 X. Measures of Electrical Power and Energy 62 XI. Magnets 66 XII. Electromagnets 71 An XIII. Electric Bell 77 XIV. Electric Motors 81 x\^ Electric Power Generator 86 XVI. Transformers 90 XVII. The Telephone 94 XVIII. Radio 98 XIX. How a Radio Wave Carries Sound 102 XX. Inside a Radio Tube 105 XXI. Television 109 XXII. Radar 114 XXIII. Electricity in Space 119 Index 125 85)1 ‘^‘^1
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