20 fun facts about electricity

Kawa, Katie, author.

Book 2024

"Did you know that the first electric car was invented before 1900? Readers find this and other facts about electricity in this educational and enjoyable guide to the energy that powers so much of our world. As readers explore 20 fun facts presented in clear and concise text, they chart the development of electricity-from its discovery through Thomas Edison's electric lights all the way to the electric vehicles of today. These shocking facts are...

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Electricity History Juvenile literature

Part of a Series:

Fun fact file. Inventions that changed the world

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ISBN:

9781538287613
1538287617

Description:

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Twenty fun facts about electricity

Notes:

Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index

Contents:

It's Electric!
Early Electricity Experiments
The Beginning of Batteries
Franklin's Shocking Experiment
A Great Inventor
Tesla Takes the Spotlight
Sending Messages
Electric Cars
Facts About Fossil Fuels
New Kinds of Power
Power to the People
A Bright Future

LCCN:

2022057270

Control Number:

3283022

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