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Page 102
... electric power served to promote labour - saving devices for clean- ing , cooking , heating , waste disposal , and oth- er household tasks . Ranges and stoves for cooking operated by either gas or electricity became standard for most of ...
... electric power served to promote labour - saving devices for clean- ing , cooking , heating , waste disposal , and oth- er household tasks . Ranges and stoves for cooking operated by either gas or electricity became standard for most of ...
Page 115
... electrical machinery , apparatus , and appliances 8.6 % ; machinery other than electric 6.0 % ; professional , scientific , and controlling instruments , photographic and optical goods , and watches and clocks 4.8 % ; textile fibres and ...
... electrical machinery , apparatus , and appliances 8.6 % ; machinery other than electric 6.0 % ; professional , scientific , and controlling instruments , photographic and optical goods , and watches and clocks 4.8 % ; textile fibres and ...
Page 345
... electric circuit carrying a steady current and containing a coil is suddenly opened , the current briefly lingers in ... electric charge on one material under the influence of a nearby second object that has an electric charge . Thus ...
... electric circuit carrying a steady current and containing a coil is suddenly opened , the current briefly lingers in ... electric charge on one material under the influence of a nearby second object that has an electric charge . Thus ...
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