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Excerpt from The Student's Text-Book of Electricity In the following pages it has been my endeavour to present a faithful reflex of the present state of Electrical Science. The work being specially intended for the use of students, much condensation was necessary in order to bring it within the limits of a moderate sized volume. It will, nevertheless, I hope, be found to include the latest important discoveries, and the chief practical applications of the science. In carrying out the design of the book, I have availed myself freely both of the matter (in a condensed form), and of the illustrations, of my 'Manual of Electricity,' but the present volume will be found to contain much additional and important information, which has become available since the publication of that work. In the composition of the chapters on Electric Telegraphy, I desire to acknowledge, with thanks, the assistance which I have received from the valuable 'Cantor Lectures,' delivered at the Society of Arts, in the spring of the present year, by that eminent electrical engineer, Mr. Fleeming Jenkin, F. R. S. I am indebted to the same gentleman for the elaborate description of that beautiful electrical instrument invented by Professor William Thomson, F. R. S., viz. his Portable Electrometer. The report of the joint committee 'On the Construction of Submarine Telegraph Cables,' has supplied me with much information, that part detailing the investigations of Mr. Latimer Clark having been especially valuable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.