Abstract
THE little work, which now appears amongst the numerous volumes of the “Bibliothèque des Merveilles,” though containing much more of real information than many of the sketchy works of that popular series, is somewhat disappointing. Like the other writings which the Comte du Moncel has given to the world, it displays a remarkable amount of industrious compilation, but the arrangement of the matter collected is somewhat cumbrous. A far superior book to his recent work on the Telephone, it is nevertheless marred by the same occasional confusion of thought exhibited in that work. It contains, however, in a small compass, a good deal of useful information, and enough serious reading to make it pass as a scientific book.
L'Éclairage Électrique.
Par le Comte Th. du Moncel. (Paris: Hachette and Co., 1879.)
Electric Lighting and its Practical Application.
By J. N. Shoolbred (London: Hardwicke and Bogue, 1879.)
The Electric Light in its Practical Application.
By Paget Higgs (London: Spon, 1879.)
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THOMPSON, S. Electric Lighting . Nature 20, 165–167 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020165a0
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