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An epitome of electricity & galvanism

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The work presents a concise survey of electrical and galvanic phenomena, opening with a historical overview and moving through core definitions, experimental apparatus, and demonstrable laws. It distinguishes conductors and insulators, describes machines and instruments, and treats sparks, the action of pointed bodies, attraction and repulsion, Leyden jars, batteries, the electrophorus, and electrometers, connecting each topic to illustrative experiments. Historical notes accompany procedural descriptions, references point to further reading, and the text aims to teach foundational principles clearly while guiding readers who wish to pursue more extensive study.

DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT:

SEAL.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourteenth day of December, in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1809. Jane Aitken, of the said District, hath deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the Right whereof she claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit:—

“An Epitome of Electricity and Galvanism. By two gentlemen of Philadelphia. Causa latet; vis est notissima.—Ovid’s Met. B. IV. l. 287.”

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, “An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned.” And also to the Act, entitled “An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, “An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned,” and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.”

D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the
District of Pennsylvania.