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Electricity

Parker, Steve, 1952- Book - 2013 J 537 Pa, Kids Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Physics / Parker, Steve 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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Includes index.
A mysterious force -- Ideas about electricity -- The quest for knowledge -- Collecting electric charge -- Using charges -- A flow of charge -- Electricity from chemicals -- Circuits and conductors -- Resisting electricity -- Measuring and quantifying -- Magnetism from electricity -- Electromagnets -- Electromagnets at work -- Discoveries using electricity -- Electricity from magnetism -- Magneto-electric machines -- Making things move -- Manipulating electricity -- Early electricity supplies -- The power plant -- Electricity in the home -- Electrical appliances -- Electricity and medicine -- Heat, pressure, and light -- Investigating cathode rays -- Communicating with electricity -- Talking with electricity -- Communicating without wires -- Television -- Did you know? -- Life without electricity.
Discusses the properties of electricity and describes how it is made and used.

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Eyewitness books.



PUBLISHED
New York : DK Pub., 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781465408990
1465408991
1465409009

SUBJECTS
Electricity.
Electric power.