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Electricity

Title:

Electricity

Alternate title:

Eyewitness electricity

Author:

Parker, Steve, 1952- author.

Series:

DK eyewitness books.

Summary:

Discusses the properties of electricity and describes how it is made and used.

Audience:

4-6

General Note:

At head of title: Eyewitness.

Includes index.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Physical Description:

72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR UGER 8.5 1.0 11061

Subject Term:

Electricity -- Juvenile literature.

Electric power -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

DK Pub.,

Publication Date:

2005

ISBN:

9780756613884

9780756613976

Publication Information:

New York : DK Pub., 2005.

Call Number:

J 537 PARKER

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002376849	Juvenile Nonfiction	537 PARKER	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

Summary

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

Eyewitness: Electricity presents the story of electricity -- from the earliest discoveries to the technologies of today -- explaining how our eyes receive light rays and turn them into electrical signals, how the chemicals in batteries work, how the invention of electric motors allowed for the creation of household appliances, what happens when you tune in the radio, and more.

A mysterious force	p. 6
Ideas about electricity	p. 8
The quest for knowledge	p. 10
Collecting electric charge	p. 12
Using charges	p. 14
A flow of charge	p. 16
Electricity from chemicals	p. 18
Circuits and conductors	p. 20
Resisting electricity	p. 22
Measuring and quantifying	p. 24
Magnetism from electricity	p. 26
Electromagnets	p. 28
Electromagnets at work	p. 30
Discoveries using electricity	p. 32
Electricity from magnetism	p. 34
Magneto-electric machines	p. 36
Making things move	p. 38
Manipulating electricity	p. 40
Early electricity supplies	p. 42
The power station	p. 44
Electricity in the home	p. 46
Electrical appliances	p. 48
Electricity and medicine	p. 50
Heat, pressure, and light	p. 52
Investigating cathode rays	p. 54
Communicating with electricity	p. 56
Talking with electricity	p. 58
Communicating without wires	p. 60
Television and the future	p. 62
Index	p. 64

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