A Treatise on Electricity: In Theory and Practice, Volume 3

Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1858 - Electric power

Of the Current Proper of the Frog and of the Muscular	8

Theory of the Muscular Current Influence of various	23

Of the Nervous Current	41

Relation between the Muscular Current and the Nervous	50

Electric Fishes	62

Production of Electricity in Vegetables	83

CHAPTER II	89

Study of the Electricity of the Atmosphere in the Normal	99

Page	511

CHAPTER II	512

Application to the Preparation of Simple Bodies	530

Application to GalvanoPlastics	566

CHAPTER III	584

Analysis of the Direct Therapeutic Effects of Electricity	609

Examination of Particular Cases to which Electric Thera	633

Indirect Therapeutic Effects of Electricity	678

Of Storms and of the Electric Phenomena that accompany	114

Of the fall of Lightning of the Phenomena that accompany	138

PART VI	140

Origin of Atmospheric Electricity	190

TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM	202

Results of Observations relative to the Determination of	222

Hypotheses on the Causes of the Phenomena of Terrestrial	266

Natural Phenomena connected with Terrestrial Magnetism	283

PART VII	310

Application of the Magnetic Properties of the Current	324

Application to Telegraphy	347

APPENDIX	349

Needle Telegraphs	354

Registering Telegraphs	391

MagnetoElectric Telegraphs	424

Employment of the Electric Telegraph in Scientific	463

Electric Clocks	471

Chronoscopes	484

Apparatus for maintaining the Motion of the Foucault Pen	496

Application of ElectroMagnetism to the Adhesion of Loco	502

Physiological Effects of Atmospheric Electricity	693

Recent Researches upon ElectroStatic Induction	705

Influence of Mechanical Actions upon Magnetization	711

Influence of Temperature upon Magnetism	716

Felicis Theory of Electrodynamic Induction	719

Improvements introduced into Induction Apparatus	722

New Researches on Diamagnetic Polarity and on Diamagnetism in general	729

Optical Properties of transparent Bodies subjected to the Action of Magnetism	740

Reduction of the Measures of Intensity of Currents to Mechanical Units by MM Weber and Kohlrausch	744

Researches relative to Conductibility	747

New Experiments for proving that the Transmission of Electricity through Liquids is always accompanied by their Electrolytic Decomposition	753

Phenomena of Transport in Electrolysis	758

Researches on the Electromotive Force	765

Transformation of Electric Heat into Mechanical Work	771

Researches Relative to Electric Fishes	777

New Researches upon the Variations of the Magnetic Elements of the Terrestrial Globe	779

Wartmanns Process for establishing an immediate Correspondence between any two of the Stations situ ated upon a same Telegraphic Line	783

RELATIVE TO MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENTS	787

NOTE B p 215	802

p 342	812

Title	A Treatise on Electricity: In Theory and Practice, Volume 3 A Treatise on Electricity: In Theory and Practice, Charles Vincent Walker Landmarks of science
Author	Auguste de La Rive
Translated by	Charles Vincent Walker
Publisher	Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1858
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	29 Sep 2010

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