Excerpt from A Guide to Electric Lighting: For the Use of Householders and Amateurs I. The applications of Electricity to the furtherance of the conveniences and comforts of civilised life have become so varied and so important, that it behoves all who lay any claim to an intelligent knowledge of their surroundings to, acquirefsome: cognizance, how ever slight, oi the laws which regulate these applica tions, and of the apparatus and instruments by means of which the desiredgrcsults are Degreesobtained. In another work* the author has-r treated 1of the application of electricity to signalling purposes; it is the scope of this book to show by what means electricity can be made subservient to the purposes of illumination and the transmission of motive power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.