. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. The vasttheme is by no means exhausted by these ex-perts in the various branches of the science ofelectricity, but the volume is one which no in-telligent citizen, interested in original research,can afford to miss. It is pleasant reading, andwill serve to stimulate the inquiring mind intoinvestigations hitherto unthought of. The fieldis boundless, and what has been achieved willlead others to undertake the solution of trouble-some problems. The book has inspired an arti-cle on the various steps by which electricity hasbeen brought und


. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. The vasttheme is by no means exhausted by these ex-perts in the various branches of the science ofelectricity, but the volume is one which no in-telligent citizen, interested in original research,can afford to miss. It is pleasant reading, andwill serve to stimulate the inquiring mind intoinvestigations hitherto unthought of. The fieldis boundless, and what has been achieved willlead others to undertake the solution of trouble-some problems. The book has inspired an arti-cle on the various steps by which electricity hasbeen brought under the power of the human willfor practical purposes in another part of thismagazine, in which many facts are chronicledfor the help of the scholar. Enough hasbeen accomplished, says Mr. Wetzler, toshow that electricity is destined to be one of themost powerful factors entering into our socialconditions, and that the ease of distribution andconvenience of power afforded by it must bringforth changes in the social order which are evennow hardly « A Pl O L. E O N ,-rt,«. ,,£<. /™>.


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