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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOLUME 76, NUMBER 2

HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT

BY HENRY SCHROEDER Harrison, New Jersey

SMITHSONIAN INSTITVTION WASHINGTON 1846]

(PUBLICATION 2717)

CITY OF WASHINGTON PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AUGUST 15, 1923

The Lord Baltimore Press BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A.

CONTENTS

PAGE

List of Illustrations v

Foreword ix

Chronology of Electric Light xi

Early Records of Electricity and Magnetism 1

Machines Generating Electricity by Friction 2

The Leyden Jar 3

Electricity Generated by Chemical Means 3

Improvement of Volta’s Battery 5

Davy’s Discoveries 5

Researches of Oersted, Ampère, Schweigger and Sturgeon 6

Ohm’s Law 7

Invention of the Dynamo 7

Daniell’s Battery 10

Grove’s Battery 11

Grove’s Demonstration of Incandescent Lighting 12

Grenet Battery 13