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245 1 0 _aChambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 40, Vol. I, October 4, 1884
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-09-29
508 _aSusan Skinner, Eric Hutton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No.…" is a scientific publication printed in the late 19th century. It serves as a collection of articles that explore advancements in various fields such as electricity and gas, as well as presenting discussions on literature and art. A significant theme of this issue revolves around the potential future of electricity, highlighting its rapid progress and its competing role with gas as a source of lighting and power. The main article discusses the development of electric lighting, tracing its history from its early experiments with arc lights to its more practical applications through incandescent lamps. The piece addresses both the promise of electric light and its commercial failures, attributing past speculation to its current lack of public enthusiasm. It outlines electric light's benefits, comparing it favorably to gas in terms of safety, cost-effectiveness, and overall utility in domestic and public spaces. Other contributions in the journal touch on various topics, from literature critiques to personal narratives, creating a multifaceted view of the era's intellectual pursuits. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPeriodicals
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66418
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