Electricity is ideal for use in introductory or short courses. This textbook familiarizes students with basic principles of electricity and their practical applications. Through easy-to-understand text, it provides information on sources of electricity, types of circuits, operating principles of electric motors, measuring instruments, generators and transformers, inductance, capacitance, and solid-state devices. Chapter 19 includes a soldering/desoldering primer and 10 hands-on electrical projects. 208 pp.

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Electrician
• 2. Volts, Amperes, Ohms
• 3. Meters, Reading a Meter
• 4. Ohm's Law
• 5. Power
• 6. Series Circuits
• 7. Parallel Circuits
• 8. Sources of Electricity - Batteries
• 9. Sources of Electricity - Friction, Heat, Pressure, Light
• 10. Magnetism
• 11. Motors
• 12. Direct Current Generators
• 13. Alternating Current
• 14. Capacitance
• 15. Inductance
• 16. Transformers
• 17. Semiconductors
• 18. Integrated Circuits
• 19. Electrical/Electronic Projects