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Harper’s Practical Books for Boys


A SERIES OF NEW HANDY-BOOKS
FOR AMERICAN BOYS

Each Crown 8vo, with many Illustrations.


I

HARPER’S OUTDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS

By Joseph H. Adams. With Additional Contributions by Kirk Munroe, Tappan Adney, Capt. Howard Patterson, L. M. Yale, and others. Cloth, $1.75.

II

HARPER’S ELECTRICITY BOOK FOR BOYS

Written and Illustrated by Joseph H. Adams. With a Dictionary of Electrical Terms. Cloth, $1.75.

IN PRESS

III

HARPER’S HOW TO UNDERSTAND ELECTRICAL WORK

A Simple Explanation of Electric Light, Heat, Power, and Traction in Daily Life. By Joseph B. Baker, Technical Editor, U. S. Geological Survey, formerly of the General Electric Company.

IV

HARPER’S INDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS

By Joseph H. Adams and others. Cloth, $1.75.

V

HARPER’S MACHINERY BOOK FOR BOYS

The Boy’s Own Book of Engines and Machinery. Cloth, $1.75.


HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK


Copyright, 1907, by Joseph H. Adams, N. Y.

THOMAS A. EDISON DICTATING TO HIS GRAPHOPHONE


HARPER’S
ELECTRICITY BOOK
FOR BOYS

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY
JOSEPH H. ADAMS

AUTHOR OF
“HARPER’S OUTDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS”

WITH AN EXPLANATION OF ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT
POWER, AND TRACTION BY JOSEPH B. BAKER
TECHNICAL EDITOR, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

AND
A DICTIONARY OF ELECTRICAL TERMS

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMVII


Copyright, 1907, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published November, 1907.