Elements of Electricity and Electro-Chemistry [Paperback]

This 1814 work discusses electricity, in nature and in the laboratory, covering a wide range of experiments and possible applications.The amateur scientist George John Singer (17861817) spent all his spare time studying electricity. He invented his own apparatus, and built a laboratory at the back of his house. This 1814 work discusses electricity, in nature and in the laboratory, covering a wide range of experiments and possible applications.The amateur scientist George John Singer (17861817) spent all his spare time studying electricity. He invented his own apparatus, and built a laboratory at the back of his house. This 1814 work discusses electricity, in nature and in the laboratory, covering a wide range of experiments and possible applications.The amateur scientist George John Singer (17861817) worked in the family business of artificial flower and feather making, but all his spare time was absorbed in the study of electricity and electromagnetism. He invented his own apparatus, including a gold-leaf electrometer, and built a laboratory-cum-lecture room at the back of his house: his public demonstrations were attended by Faraday and Francis Ronalds, and he was also a friend of the pioneering 'electrician' Andrew Crosse. This significant book, published in 1814, demonstrates the breadth of Singer's knowledge of his subject and of other contemporary work in the field. It describes in detail electric phenomena, in nature and in the laboratory, covering a wide range of experiments with and applications of electricity, and discussing the work of Franklin, Volta, Crosse and Dalton, among others. Sadly, Singer's promising scientific career was brought to an early end by tuberculosis: he died aged only thirty-one.Preface; Introduction; Part I. On Electrical Phenomena: 1. Nature of electrical action, and sources of electrical excitation; 2. Of conductors and nonconductors of electricity, and of the electrical apparatus; 3. Experiments with the electrical machine; 4.l#"