Popular lectures on electricity and magnetism. Khvolson O.D.

The attention of readers is proposed by a book by a famous domestic physicist and a popularizer of science O.D. Holson (1852–1934), containing his popular lectures on electricity and magnetism. The simplest electrical phenomena, the distribution of electricity on the conductions, and electricity sources are considered. The electrical energy, electrical resistance, current strength; The physiological, thermal and chemical actions of the current, as well as the interaction of currents, are described. The phenomenon of electromagnetic induction is disassembled. The basic laws (OMA Law, the Law of Joule-Lenz, etc.) and their applications are set out; A description of basic experiments is presented. Much attention in the book is paid to the consideration of various forms of application of the doctrine of electromagnetism - starting from incandescent lamps to telegraph and phone.

A book written more than a hundred years ago (the first edition was published in 1886) will be interesting to both physics historians and everyone who wants to get acquainted with the basic concepts of the doctrine of electricity.