New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise
by: Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928

Softcover. NY, Theo. Audel & Company, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Soft maroon leather lettered in gilt, aeg, 541 pages. Illustrated in-text with electrical machines and tools. Addressed not to "the experimenter or to the toy-maker, nor to the scholar in school or college, but to those who have to deal with Electricity as a part of their life work," this volume seeks to provide an introduction to the theory and scientific discourse concerning electricity. Author Nehemiah Hawkins (1833-1928) was an American inventor, publisher, and author who sometimes wrote under the pen name Theodore Audel or the pseudonym William Rogers. Minor shelf wear, clean copy.