Excerpt from Electricity They had found that the beautiful amber pos sessed, when rubbed with a cloth or fur, the power of attracting to itself light particles of dust or parchment. Like all other supersti tious people they attributed this action to the spirit that dwelt within the amber and which was aroused to action by the warmth generated by the friction of the rubbing. It was a slight matter but, nevertheless, it was so invariable in its action and was so peculiar to this one sub stance that the Greek name for amber or elec tron, has been handed down through the cen taries as that of the wonderfully subtle force that is revolutionizing the world and which bids fair to have an era of its own just as we have had the eras of bronze and iron and silver and gold. 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.