Every Boy's Book

Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

Interesting Particulars Concerning the Magnet

6 pages in this part of Every Boy's Book.

Interesting Particulars Concerning the Magnet

Fire-irons which have rested in an upright position in a room during the summer months are often highly magnetic.

Interesting Particulars Concerning the Magnet: Grove

Since Davy's time the light has frequently been produced by means of the improved batteries now invented, the most suitable forms of…

Interesting Particulars Concerning the Magnet: Faraday

Faraday found that, when a magnet was approached towards a coil or helix of wire, a current of electricity was generated in that wire at…

Interesting Particulars Concerning the Magnet: Browning

The action of the magneto-electric machine can be well understood by a beautiful piece of apparatus known as Browning's magnetic exploder…

Interesting Particulars Concerning the Magnet: Morse

One form of electric telegraph in which the oscillations of a magnetised needle are translated into letters has been already alluded to…

Interesting Particulars Concerning the Magnet: Reiss

As far as attempts to transmit sounds are concerned, the telephone cannot be looked upon as a new instrument. Many years ago, Professor…

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