Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th August 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 966

Sampson Low & Co . ' s New and Standard Science Text-Books—CONTINUED . ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM . School Electricity . By J . E . H . Gordon , B . A . Camb ., M . S T . E ., Member of the International Congress of Electricians , Paris , 1881 ; Manager of the Electric Light Department of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company . Large crown 8 vo . cloth , with numerous Illustrations , 5 s . ' The work commences with the study of electric currents and Ohm's law , and the teaching is of the same kind as that which I have been in the habit of giving to members of my staff , and to men employed in electric light work . ... I have further li endeavoured ght , heat , and to mechanical show the intimate energy . ' connection —From the which Preface exists . between electricity and ' Has a thoroughly practical aim , and seems well suited for conveyiner to classes such a knowledge of the science theory as shall , and be useful many . clearly The principal marked definitions electrical . appliances '—Saturday and Review methods . are discussed , with good notes here and there on ' Mr . Gordon , while not making- any large demand on the reasoning powers of his readers , contrives , by dint of clear agreeable description manner , well . chosen —Athenaeum illustrations . , and general vigour of style , to impart a great deal of information in a most ' Excellent ... we should be sorry to see a word of it omitted . '—Practical Teacher . BY THE SAME AUTHOR . A Physical Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism . Second JEditio ? i . 2 vols . 8 vo . 700 pages , with 72 Full-page Plates and 313 Illustrations in the Text , £ 2 . 2 s . This Edition has been Re-arranged , Revised , and greatly Enlarged , both Electrical in Text and science Plates , to is bring here treated up to the from present the date i physical' as distinguished from I the mathematical point of view . Professors Everett , Tyndall , W . G . Adams , and Professor Boltzmann , of Vienna ; as also Messrs . Ayrton , Whipple , W . Spottiswoode , and Dr . Kerr have assisted in various departments . The chief divisions are : Electro-Statics , Magnetism , Electbo-Kinetics , and EiiECTRo-OPTics . * At once takes its place among the books with which every investigator and every teacher who goes beyond the merest rudiments must needs equip himself Is prodigal of beautifully executed diagrams and drawings made to scale/—Times . ' FillB up a serious gap in our Bcientific libraries . '—Daily News . 'Bids fair to be a standard work for many years to come . ' —Globe . BY THE SAME AUTHOR . A Practical Treatise on Electric Lighting . Demy 8 vo . with 24 Full-page Plates , and numerous Illustrations in the Text , 18 * . * "Without doubt it is the most valuable work on electric lighting that has yet appeared . '—Electrician . BY THE SAME AJJTHOR . Static Electric Induction . Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . With numerous Illustrations * 16 mo . limp , 3 s . 6 d . The Law Relating to Electric Lighting . \ The Electric Lighting Act , 1882 , with a continuous Commentary , Expository and Critical ; also a General Introduction explaining its scope and probable working , and elucidating its Provisions , with special reference to the Evidence given before the Select Committee of the House of Commons ; and an Appendix consisting of the llules of the Board of Trade issued under the powers thereby granted 1 together with some Notes and Suggestions , and a Form of Provisional Order or License . By George Spencer Bower , B . A ., of the Inner Temple , Barrister-at-Law ; and Walter Webb , Solicitor of the Supreme Court . Demy 8 vo . 5 s . London : SAMPSON LOW , MABSTON , SEABLE & BIVINGTON , Limited , St » Dunstan's House , Fetter Lane , Fleet Street , E . C . ¦ Bfi ., '""'"^^— ^ ^ ir~—1 111 ' - 11 V' - " *¦—* ' -- '' •?*•— - »¦» - ——> - *¦••— . —¦ --.-- — . — v-.. _— —~ -, ~ w . ^ -... n ... ^ w .. ^ ..... ~^» .-.. , ., r ... — .. ... ... _ .... ¦ L , . ' ¦ am I , L _ i x _ u 1 jj _| i . " * -TV

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